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RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – August 21, 1969
Service recordRupert A Funderburk JR, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 85
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 19W, Line 85
- JACK LEE CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- DENNIS ANTHONY CUNNINGHAMCorporal · August 21, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL EARLYSergeant First Class · August 21, 1969
- DENNIS LAVERNE ENGLISHPrivate · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL PERRY HOLTREYSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 86
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 88
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 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.