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RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – February 13, 1967
Service recordRudolph Francis Dungee, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 24
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 24
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- BARRY JASON GOODMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 25
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 26
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 26
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 26
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 27
From Phoenixville
- THOMAS JOSEPH VONTORPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KELLY JRLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- LAWRENCE R DETWILER JRSergeant · August 22, 1969
- JOHN A POLEFKACorporal · August 31, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · November 18, 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.