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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Lieutenant Colonel Rodolph Lee Nunn Jr.
Additional Description: 1st Air Commando Squadron, 56th AC Wing, 7th AF, United States Air Force.

April 23, 1929 to June 06, 1968

Rudy was born in Kingston, North Carolina and graduated from The Citadel in 1951. His first assignment was in Korea for two years. Next was Boston, where he met his wife Andree Foisy, and they had two sons, See and David. After a tour of France, he was ordered to a University of Virginia USAF ROTC staff position. The family stayed in Charlottesville while he was in Vietnam. During a close air support mission at Khe Sahn in Quang Tri Province, his A1E Skyraider was shot down by ground fire. Eleven months later his body was recovered.

Rudy was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart Medal, three Air Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380250
File Size: 1.638 Megabytes

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