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FOREST EDD DUDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – December 22, 1966
Service recordForest Edd Dudley, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 71
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- DARIUS LLEWLYN DEMA BROWNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.