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RUDOLPH JONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1916 – March 16, 1969
Service recordRudolph Jones, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Subsistence Supply Specialist (76X)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 16, 1916
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Virginia (Fredericksburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 53
- JOHN LEONARD GAWELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORDCaptain · March 16, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · March 16, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
From Fredericksburg
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY SAMUELSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
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.