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RUDOLPH WILSON
Private · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – March 9, 1969
Service recordRudolph Wilson, of Amsterdam, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 92
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
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, Georgia (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 92
- JERRY CECIL MCDONALDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- FULTON BEVERLY MOORE IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
- JACKIE RAY MORGANPetty Officer Second Class · March 9, 1969
- CLARENCE NOFFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORIO L PANGELINANCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 94
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.