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JAMES E HUDELSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1933 – July 30, 1972
Service recordJames E Hudelson, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 30, 1972, in Thailand, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 7, 1933
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1972
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 60
- LESTER RUSHINStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1972
- PHILIP DOYLE SELLERSColonel · July 29, 1972
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
- DAVID J PRICECaptain · July 30, 1972
- CHARLES FRANCIS HAYNESSergeant · October 30, 1972
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 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.