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DONALD KIETH DUDLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDonald Kieth Dudley, of Joseph, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 17
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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
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Joseph, Utah (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 17
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- WILLIAM LEROY FIXPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 18
- STEVE ALDMAN HARDINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWARD LEASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 21
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 24
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
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.