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RUDOLPH JENNINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1949 – June 21, 1968
Service recordRudolph Jennings, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 13
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- PATRICK OSBORNE FORDPetty Officer Second Class · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIESergeant · June 21, 1968
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.