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ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1941 – December 1, 1965
Service recordRomiro C Rodriguez, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 119
- KENNETH MCKINLEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 1, 1965
- JOHN VERN MCCORMICKLieutenant · December 1, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD REITMANNMajor · December 1, 1965
- CARL BENJAMIN AUSTINCommander · December 2, 1965
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.