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RODRIGO FUENTES IBARRA
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1929 – February 8, 1970
Service recordRodrigo Fuentes Ibarra, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 114
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC
- Born
- July 30, 1929
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 114
- STEVEN MARK KUSTERStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1970
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
- MAHLON RONNIE ARNETTSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GILBERT BLANDONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- ARLIS RAY BRANSCUMCorporal · February 8, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.