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SAMMY PINA RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1950 – August 8, 1970
Service recordSammy Pina Rodriguez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1950
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 95
- WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLONSergeant · August 8, 1970
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1970
- JOL NEBANE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
- WILLIAM WAYMAN WALKERCaptain · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOL NEBANE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 95
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.