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RUDOLPH ERNEST ARAUJO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 25, 1940 – December 21, 1969
Service recordRudolph Ernest Araujo, of Canton, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Canton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 76
- STEVEN EUGENE BACKHAUSSecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LEON BARBERSergeant · December 21, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BRUCELance Corporal · December 21, 1969
From Canton
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- ANTONIO FALCOPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · May 13, 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.