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JAMES WALLACE RUDD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJames Wallace Rudd, of Halifax, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Halifax, Virginia (Halifax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 25
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- JOHN GATES SPINDLERSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES STAVINOHAPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 51E, Line 23
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Halifax
- CECIL WAYNE EPPSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- CALVIN EDMUNDSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.