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RUDY AVON CARNLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – May 29, 1969
Service recordRudy Avon Carnley, of Lake Wales, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Wales, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 14
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- CURTIS RAY DANIELSStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- JOHN ALANSON DIXONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
From Lake Wales
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE PETERSONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
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.