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RONALD RODRIGUES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – November 9, 1969
Service recordRonald Rodrigues, of Fallon, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Fallon, Nevada (Churchill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 50
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- RICHARD SCOTT MCFARLANDSergeant · November 9, 1969
- IRA EUGENE MCGOWANLance Corporal · November 9, 1969
- FRANK DALE STEIBELCorporal · November 9, 1969
From Fallon
- BILLY DAVID HILLSergeant First Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DELANO BLEAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · May 10, 1970
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.