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RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – June 28, 1969
Service recordRudolph Hinojosa JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 30
- BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZSpecialist Five · June 28, 1969
- RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BATTLESSergeant First Class · June 29, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 30
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.