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DAYTON LUTHER RUDISILL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 13, 1935 – February 14, 1966
Service recordDayton Luther Rudisill, of Greensburg, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 14, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- September 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Kansas (Kiowa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 36
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM MILTON WOOD JRSergeant First Class · February 14, 1966
From Greensburg
- DENNIS LEE GRAHAMCaptain · March 28, 1968
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.