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ALLAN RUTTIMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1950 – March 13, 1970
Service recordAllan Ruttimann, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 124
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 124
- JAMES CURTISS ROLANDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1970
- PAUL WARREN ROSESergeant · March 13, 1970
- EUGENE EDWARD SPOONERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- CHARLES KENNETH TRUESDALESpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RAY ROESTSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 123
- THOMAS URQUHARTCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 125
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 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.