Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of James Lawrence Rhodes
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

James Lawrence Rhodes

First Lieutenant
1945 – 1969
Distinguished Flying CrossPurple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 17W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

First Lieutenant James Lawrence Rhodes served in the U.S. Marine Corps. James served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. James was 24 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
James L Rhodes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
HML-367, MAG-36, 1ST MAW, III MAF
7563: PILOT HMH/M/L/A (I)
1STLT
PILOT HMH/M/L/A UH-1N QUALIFIED (I)
QUANG TRI
1969
Pay grade O02.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 6

For valor

Distinguished Flying Cross

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 17W · Line 64 cut as JAMES L RHODES
In Our Keeping
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James Lawrence Rhodes
First Lieutenant
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1969
Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 367
First Lieutenant
Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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