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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Rudolph Pina Munoz.

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RUDOLPH PINA MUNOZ

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

May 14, 1937 – June 18, 1969

Service record

Rudolph Pina Munoz, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 80

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 14, 1937
Home of record
Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 18, 1969
Age
32
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 80

From Toledo

All 118 names from Toledo →

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.