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RONALD FRANCIS ROD
Major · U.S. Army
September 25, 1934 – December 4, 1965
Service recordRonald Francis Rod, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 2 MACV
- Born
- September 25, 1934
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 123
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- HERMAN ESTRADA-COSTASSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
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.