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ERIK NILES RUDZIAK
Fireman · U.S. Navy
April 28, 1949 – January 16, 1969
Service recordErik Niles Rudziak, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 19
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- MILTON JERRY WORRELLSeaman · January 16, 1969
- CURTIS STEWART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JOHNNIE MARVIN AYERSSpecialist Five · January 17, 1969
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.