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RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 25, 1934 – January 14, 1971
Service recordRudolph Calvin Thomas, of Georgetown, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Georgetown, South Carolina (Georgetown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 44
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- EDGAR LEO WEST JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1971
- BILLY RAY ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1971
- DAVID LEROY BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
From Georgetown
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- NATHANIEL E L JACKSONCorporal · April 16, 1968
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 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.