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RONALD JAMES RHODES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – March 4, 1968
Service recordRonald James Rhodes, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định 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 42E, Line 70
- VERNON FRANKLIN PENDERGRASSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- TERRELL LYNN RANDALLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS D CROWECaptain · Panel 42E, Line 62
From Opa-Locka
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE PALMERSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 1970
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
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.