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RUDOLPH MELENDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – August 20, 1967
Service recordRudolph Melendez, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 19
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 19
- ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENOSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 20
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 20
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 20
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.