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TALMADGE RHODEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1945 – May 7, 1967
Service recordTalmadge Rhoden, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- CHARLES L SEEFELDT JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- BARRY DON THOMASLance Corporal · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 51
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.