GREEN BERETS Machata, Rudolph George (Rudi)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Machata ​

• FORENAME

Rudolph George (Rudi) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCS) (RT Saw) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

17667559​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd May 1969 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Logan National Cemetery,Denver,Denver County,Colorado Section P Site 2692​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Littleton,Colorado​

born 23.7.1940 Czechoslovakia​

son of Rudolph J. and Mrs Machata,Littleton,Colorado​

husband of Rita M. Machata,Fayetteville,North Carolina (1 daughter)​

entered service 1959 (10 years)​

USMC (Vietnam)​

re-enlisted Army​

173rd Airborne Brigade​

XVII Corps Recon​

6 SF Group 1966​

5 SF Group (Company B,Det A-244) 1969​

MACV-SOG-CCN​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with V​

MACV-SOG-CCS (HQ Signal Section + RT Saw)​

KIA in helicopter crash Cambodia ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 24W Line 87 ​

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