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WILLIAM EUGENE RODKEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – August 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Eugene Rodkey, of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Northumberland, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 40
- FRANK EDWARD PETRICKLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN SCHELLMajor · August 24, 1967
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
From Northumberland
- RAY THOMAS COMFORTPrivate · April 13, 1968
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 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.