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JAMES BENSON RUTLEDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – January 15, 1968
Service recordJames Benson Rutledge, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 55
- DALE ARTHUR MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD L MILLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · January 15, 1968
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · January 15, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.