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RUBENEDID HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – November 6, 1970
Service recordRubenedid Hernandez-Rodriguez, of Isabela, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Isabela, Puerto Rico (Isabela County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 42
- J C DAVISSergeant · November 5, 1970
- MEREDITH LEE BARNETTSergeant · November 6, 1970
- WILL DANNY BILLINGSSpecialist Five · November 6, 1970
- LONNIE DALE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
From Isabela
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JULIO IGNACIO MARTIR-TORRESPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- JUAN A SANTIAGO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.