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RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1946 – August 27, 1968
Service recordRudolph Sotelo Renteria, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 44
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- ERNEST POSTORINOLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 37
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 41
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 43
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.