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PAUL CHARLES RUDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordPaul Charles Rudy, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 43
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 43
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · February 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ROMEROCorporal · February 2, 1969
- THEODORE MARSHALL RUSHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- RONALD SABINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1969
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.