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JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1937 – February 20, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Rutledge, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 56
- JOHN EDWARD KERNSSergeant · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL LEON WELTYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 57
From Duncan
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 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.