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RUDOLPH GLENN VALENTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1952 – October 8, 1971
Service recordRudolph Glenn Valenta, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 36
- DANIEL ROBERT HOFFMANSpecialist Four · October 9, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- DAVID JOHN FUNESSergeant · October 10, 1971
- DENNIS RAY HINTONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1971
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.