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WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1943 – March 3, 1969
Service recordWalter William Rudolph, of Manhasset, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Manhasset, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 30
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMSSecond Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- LAYNE MICHAEL SANTOSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN SCHAAFSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- THOMAS KOENIG SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 21
From Manhasset
- SIDNEY COURTNEY M SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS BROWN DOWDSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1967
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
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.