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RUDY EDEJER EAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 28, 1943 – October 2, 1968
Service recordRudy Edejer Eay, of Tamuning, Guam, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Tamuning, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 61
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ERWINCommander · October 2, 1968
- EARL B ESTEP JRTechnical Sergeant · October 2, 1968
- JAMES AUGUSTUS HOLLISSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL SABOSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 64
From Tamuning
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- RONALD PEREZ CUASITOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
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.