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CHARLES NIVEN RUDD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1943 – March 25, 1966
Service recordCharles Niven Rudd, of Aberdeen, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 50
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- SAMUEL MEDINA RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN ROBINSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1966
- JOHN BROOKS SHERMANCaptain · March 25, 1966
From Aberdeen
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · May 15, 1968
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · June 30, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 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.