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ANDRES RIVERA-RUIZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 23, 1942 – August 25, 1968
Service recordAndres Rivera-Ruiz, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 22
- KEITH WILLIAM ROWELLSergeant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · August 25, 1968
- PAUL ROY SEVERSONSpecialist Five · August 25, 1968
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · August 25, 1968
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.