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ALAN JAMES RUDDELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordAlan James Ruddell, of Marshfield, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Missouri (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 124
- ANTHONY JOHN SALERNOLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD SCHONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1967
- PAUL DARRELL SKELTON IISpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- WILLIE B SKRINE JRCorporal · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
- DOMENICO CACCIOLASpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 110
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 111
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- EDWARD STEPHAN FISHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 114
- LOREN CLEVELAND SURLESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 126
From Marshfield
- WILLIAM RAY GOWERCaptain · July 29, 1966
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
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.