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RUDOLPH SWOOPE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1928 – February 27, 1969
Service recordRudolph Swoope, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 86
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 86
- CHARLES ALBERT TAVARESFireman · February 27, 1969
- LOUIE JAY TROUTT JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- DAVID STEWART WHITMANPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.