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THELMER ARTHUR RUDLONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – December 5, 1967
Service recordThelmer Arthur Rudlong, of Spring Valley, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 41
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, Minnesota (Fillmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 41
- CHARLES DANIEL MAXSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- AUGUST HAROLD MONHOFCorporal · December 5, 1967
- FRANK ERNEST MOREY JRGunnery Sergeant · December 5, 1967
- PETER WILLIAM ROYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
From Spring Valley
- HARLAN CYRUS RIEHLPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1966
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.