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RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZ
Private · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – July 7, 1965
Service recordRudolph Villalp Hernandez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 28
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 28
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- HENRY ALFRED MUSA JRSergeant First Class · July 5, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LAFATE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 29
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 29
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- JOHNIE EDWARD RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 30
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 30
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 30
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 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.