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RODOLFO VILLAFRANCO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – March 8, 1968
Service recordRodolfo Villafranco, of San Benito, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 63
- DONALD WILLIAM VANFLEETPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG ALAN ARNDTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 51
- BERNARD BONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 51
- WILLIAM JAMES BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 52
- SAMUEL BERNARD HUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 55
- WAYNE MINOR KIDWELLSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 56
- DELMAR WAYNE PROBSTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 58
- MICHAEL ANGELO SHRAMKOPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 61
- SONNIE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 62
- BEN HAROLD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 64
From San Benito
- ROBERT ARNOLD CORKILLLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DONALD RAY ALLENLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTEO MUNOZ SANTIAGO JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.