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RENDLE DULEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRendle Dulen, of Piqua, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Piqua, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- MARCO OSCAR DELCASTILLOSergeant · May 9, 1968
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
From Piqua
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
- VICTOR RAY SCHEELERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- HARRY ANDREW COTTERMANSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 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.