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RUDOLPH STEVENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – July 18, 1971
Service recordRudolph Stevens, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 110
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 110
- PHILIP DUANE CHEEKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT JOHNSONPrivate · July 18, 1971
- STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- CHARLES W ROBERTS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 110
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.