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Toby S. Rodriguez, Jr. June 6, 1950 - April 23, 1969. Died at the age of 18. Served in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
Mr. and Mrs. Toby S. Rodriguez of 2301 Canterbury, have been notified of the death of their son, Marine L. Cpl. Tody S. Rodriguez, 18. Cpl. Rodriguez died while on patrol in Vietnam. He was a 1968 graduate of Johnston High School where he was a tennis and baseball letterman. Besides the parents, survivors include three brothers, Alfredo, Alexandro and Jose Rodriguez;grandmothers, Mrs. Leorna Saldana and Mrs. Basilia M. Rodriguez;and great-grand mother, Mrs. Bridga Montoyo, all of Austin. Funeral arrangements are pending with Angel Funeral Home. Burial Assumption Cemetery, Austin. Tx.
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Louis Cuevas (1968)
Toby was a good friend. We played softball in the summers. We both enrolled in Vocational Printing in our Jr and Sr years. In the summer of our Sr. year we worked @ the Johnston Print Shop. Toby asked why did we not join the Marines under the Buddy Plan after graduation. That was our plan, but in November '67, my brother-in-law, Wiley Guerrero, was killed in Dak To. My dad advised me that he would not co-sign for me to join, since I would be only 17 when I graduated. Toby enlisted by himself and eventually made the biggest sacrifice one person can make. He gave his life for his country. Toby was my friend and a Hero.
R.I.P. my friend