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KENNETH HANS RUD
Captain · U.S. Army
November 25, 1938 – February 6, 1967
Service recordKenneth Hans Rud, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 131
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Tank Unit Commander (81203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 131
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAY ROBBINSWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1967
From Centralia
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 1968
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.