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ROBERT DAVID RUDOLPH
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 26, 1942 – September 8, 1965
Service recordRobert David Rudolph, of Encino, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 78
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- February 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Encino, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 78
- CHARLES BERNARD GOODWINLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1965
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
From Encino
- DAVID LEROY TASKERPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- VICTOR CARL NORDSTROMSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN PEARSONSeaman · July 14, 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.