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RUDOLFO RESTA ALURA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1929 – March 4, 1970
Service recordRudolfo Resta Alura, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 80
- JARED BRUCE WALDINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 3, 1970
- REGALADO M D APEROCHOSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · March 4, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE BOWSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ERNEST QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 82
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.