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RUDOLPH GORHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – August 29, 1967
Service recordRudolph Gorham, of Garysburg, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Garysburg, North Carolina (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 62
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS GALLAGHERHospitalman · August 29, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
From Garysburg
- TERRELL GIBSONSergeant First Class · June 7, 1969
- MARSHALL PERNELL IVEYMaster Sergeant · November 28, 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.