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STANLEY RUFUS RHODES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1952 – September 14, 1971
Service recordStanley Rufus Rhodes, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 16
- ROYSE WAYNE REHWALDSpecialist Four · September 13, 1971
- DON RILEY GILBRETHMaster Sergeant · September 14, 1971
- HEINZ KURT ROESCHCaptain · September 14, 1971
- DIETER JAMES FISERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.