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WILLIAM HENRY RODDICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Roddick, of Highland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 19
- JERRY ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL RATHSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- OTIS JAMES RUCKSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Highland
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- DANIEL DAVID YARNELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
- GARY MICHAEL BARNARDLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1969
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.