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RUDOLPH GEORGE MACHATA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1940 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRudolph George Machata, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 87
- LOUIS BRUNSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- AUBREY REID MAYSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- GENE LAMAR WAREPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 85
- PHILIP WILLIAM STROUTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 91
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.