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JAMES EARL RUDD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1949 – August 6, 1968
Service recordJames Earl Rudd, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 20
- PATRICK MICHAEL LORDITCHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES MARTINSecond Lieutenant · August 6, 1968
- ANDREW CHARLES RACKOWPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1968
- JAMES LEE RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1968
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 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.