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PAUL DAVID RODRIQUEZ
Another Longmont Soldier
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Longmont Daily Times-Call Another Longmont boy has died in Vietnam Pfc. Paul Rodriquez, 20, son of Mrs. Mary Montano of 111 Reed Place and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Romero, 103 Reed Place, was killed in action Monday, according to his aunt, Mrs. Johnny Martinez. Rodriquez died after receiving a chest wound. Rodriquez, an Army enlistee, was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. He would have been 21 on April 17 and was due to be released from active duty in June. Also surviving Rodriquez is his brother, Ron Quintana, 18, of 20 Reed Place. Mrs. Martinez said that the family would have Rodriquez' body returned to Longmont for interment.
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HOWE MORTUARY NOTICE RODRIQUEZ, Paul David Age 19, of 111 Reed Place, died in Viet Nam April 5, 1966. Survived by his father, mother, one brother, grandparents, three aunts and nine uncles. Recitation of the Rosary, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Both services at St. Johns Catholic Church with the Benedictine Fathers in charge. Military honors at graveside, Foothills Gardens of Memory.
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PAUL DAVID RODRIQUEZ Rodriguez, a corporal in the U.S. Army, received a posthumous promotion after his death on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam. He was the son of Mary Montano of Longmont and was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. Rodriguez enlistged in the Army and began in tour in Vietnam on December 23, 1965. He was killed by ground fire only weeks before his 20th birtheday. Rodriguez left behind his mother, his brother, Ron Quintana, his grandparents, four aunts and nine uncles.
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PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL American Legion Post #32 (Longmont) joined with the Hispanic Education Foundation (HEF - a local nonprofit organization that raises funds to establish scholarships for local youths interested in pursuing a college degree) and created the PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND. This $1,000.00 scholarship is intended to be awarded annually to a local youth in honor of Paul Rodriguez, a local youth who was killed in Vietnam. An interesting twist of fate is that Paul attended but did not graduate from Longmont High School and now funds given in his name are assisting students to gain a college degree. Paul's picture is also memorialized on the Veteran's Memorial mural at Longs Peak Middle School.
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