The Wall › Panel 20W › Arkansas › John T Fudge
JOHN T FUDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordJohn T Fudge, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 29
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 29
- MARTIN WAYNE DROIGKPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · July 21, 1969
- MICHAEL BLAKE FINNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 30
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 30
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 31
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 32
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.