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WILLIAM MICHAEL JODREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 24, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Jodrey, of Shelby, Montana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Shelby, Montana (Toole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 61
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ZANE EVERETT JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
From Shelby
- BERNHARDT WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · November 10, 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.