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RONALD CLEMENCE RUDOLPH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 6, 1938 – October 13, 1969
Service recordRonald Clemence Rudolph, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 75
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 75
- JOHN PRICE PICKETTSecond Lieutenant · October 13, 1969
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · October 13, 1969
- JOHN MELVIN WHEELERCaptain · October 13, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE FRED CATOSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 73
- JOHN MELVIN WHEELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 75
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.