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ALFRED DARNELL RUTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1948 – August 26, 1969
Service recordAlfred Darnell Ruth, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 122
- HERMAN RICHARDSON JRSergeant Major · August 26, 1969
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- MARSHALL EUGENE ROBERTSONSergeant First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER EDWARD ROBICHAUDSergeant · August 26, 1969
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
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.