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TIMOTHY V RHODES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1945 – August 16, 1967
Service recordTimothy V Rhodes, of Forney, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Forney, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 2
- NATHANIEL KNOWLESSergeant First Class · August 16, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LELAND WAYNE HYSLOPCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 1
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · Panel 25E, Line 3
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.