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GEORGE EDWARD RUTLEDGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1940 – April 17, 1966
Service recordGeorge Edward Rutledge, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 120
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- LYNN LEROY SMITHCorporal · April 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LESLIE TROMPLieutenant Commander · April 17, 1966
- ROBERT DWAIN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.