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RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1940 – June 13, 1966
Service recordRudolph Algar Nunez, of Wilmington, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 45
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- EVERETT OSCAR KERRLieutenant Colonel · June 13, 1966
- GEORGE FEODRO LAZARPrivate First Class · June 13, 1966
- JONATHAN CECIL ROKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1966
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 1968
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.