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WILLIE JOE RHODES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1947 – June 19, 1967
Service recordWillie Joe Rhodes, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 18
- CAMERON A RICECorporal · June 19, 1967
- JOHN JAMES RIECK JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SAIZSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.