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JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – January 8, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Rutledge JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 15
- HAROLD KENNETH RAPPAPORTMaster Sergeant · January 8, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL RICESergeant · January 8, 1970
- JOHN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- FELIX SOLISSergeant · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 13
- JOHN EDWARD NIERERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 14
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.