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WILLIE MICHAEL RHODES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – August 8, 1967
Service recordWillie Michael Rhodes, of Sanibel Island, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 92
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanibel Island, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 92
- LEONARD WADE ROBERSONLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 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.