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RUFUS HOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1944 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRufus Hood, of Texas City, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 69
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Texas City, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 69
- ARNOLDO LEONEL CARRILLOCorporal · January 7, 1968
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS BAHL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33E, Line 63
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 64
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 64
- KENNETH DORAN BUTLERCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 65
- MANUEL CASILLA-VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 65
- ROBERT LEE HELLERCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 65
- DELMER R JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 65
- MARSHALL H FORDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33E, Line 67
- CONRAD NICHOLAS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 67
- BOB LEROY GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · Panel 33E, Line 67
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 68
- LOUIS HILLYERSergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 68
- ARNOLDO LEONEL CARRILLOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 69
- ROBERT CURT KEARNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 70
- RICHARD CARLYSLE KEEFEMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 70
- LLOYD E KNAKECorporal · Panel 33E, Line 71
- ARTHUR LEON LAUDERDALESpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 71
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MALONEMajor · Panel 33E, Line 71
- EDWARD JAMES REEDERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 74
- HUBERT ROYSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 74
- JAMES MARVIN STONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 75
- FRANK SUTTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 75
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 76
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 76
From Texas City
- CHARLES EDWARD HERRINGTONSergeant · November 15, 1965
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 1970
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
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.