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RUDOLFO CHAVEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1935 – November 27, 1967
Service recordRudolfo Chavez, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 96
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BOWMANStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOE HENRY FURCHSpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- RONALD GILMORESergeant · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALLACE MCGREW IIISergeant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 100
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.