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EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordEdward Michael Ruditys, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 35
- STEPHEN DALE FACCHINIPrivate · February 24, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- HARLAN LESLIE HAHNSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 39
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 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.