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RONALD NELSON RODREICK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – November 19, 1967
Service recordRonald Nelson Rodreick, of Fresno, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 32
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN ROSSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY RICHARD CLARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30E, Line 23
- DAVID JOHN DECKERCaptain · Panel 30E, Line 24
- WILLIAM HOLT FOWLER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 25
- JEFFREY ALLEN HAWKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 26
- CURTIS WOODROW HUTTOChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 30E, Line 27
- THOMAS OLEARNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 31
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.