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Eloy Angel Rodriguez

Veterans Memorial Gardens at Bayview Park

 
 
Eloy Angel Rodriguez Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 3, 2023
1. Eloy Angel Rodriguez Marker
Inscription.
In Memory of
Eloy Angel Rodriguez
“Rod”
June 26, 1956 — Feb. 21, 1991

Master Sergeant, U.S. Army - Ranger
Killed in Action
Operation Desert Storm

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: HeroesWar, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.
 
Location. 24° 33.443′ N, 81° 47.275′ W. Memorial is in Key West, Florida, in Monroe County. It can be reached from the intersection of Truman Avenue (U.S. US1) and Jose Marti Drive. This marker is located within the Veterans Memorial Gardens at Bayview Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1320 Truman Avenue, Key West FL 33040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Florida Keys. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America,
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and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dedicated to All Women Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Montford Point Marines (a few steps from this marker); 2nd South Carolina Regiment (a few steps from this marker); Agent Orange (a few steps from this marker); All Gave Some, Some Gave All (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Living Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Key West.
 
Also see . . .  Crashed Copter Hunted SCUDS\ Newsweek Says Green Berets’ Desert Flight Wasn’t Medical. (Submitted on June 1, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Eloy Angel Rodriguez Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 3, 2023
2. Eloy Angel Rodriguez Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 1, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 8, 2026