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WILLIAM BARTON RHODES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – February 6, 1971
Service recordWilliam Barton Rhodes, of Oakhurst, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 82
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Oakhurst, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 82
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- JOSEPH ALVIN TERESINSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- THEODORE RAYMOND MASONCorporal · February 7, 1971
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.