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THOMAS HENRY RHODES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1941 – February 12, 1966
Service recordThomas Henry Rhodes, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 28
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- LEONARD DAVID FORDPrivate · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 26
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 27
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.