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ROBERT ARTHUR RHUDA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1941 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Arthur Rhuda, of Manchester, Connecticut, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- August 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Manchester, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 40
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR POSTAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- RICKY WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE LOZIERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 24E, Line 33
From Manchester
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JOHN GERALD CURTINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH KRAJEWSKISpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
- EVERETT EDWARD RINESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
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.