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ROBERT CHARLES RUDD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Rudd, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 4
- JOSEPH WILDER PRANGEPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD LUDWIG RADILSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- MORRIS JOSEPH SENSATLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.