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RUDY PAUL KRISSMAN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 28, 1938 – July 10, 1968
Service recordRudy Paul Krissman, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 10, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 8
- Born
- September 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 10
- MONTE EUGENE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- ROBERT HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL IRONSIDEPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- DOY RAY KENDRICKSCorporal · July 10, 1968
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.