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SCOTT JAMES RODERICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1945 – January 21, 1970
Service recordScott James Roderick, of Caribou, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Caribou, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 55
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- CHARLES TERRY RUSSELLSergeant · January 21, 1970
- JEROME ROBERT SAINPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
From Caribou
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD PERLEY BUBARPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 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.