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ANGEL O RUIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – January 23, 1968
Service recordAngel O Ruiz, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 18
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOWSergeant · January 23, 1968
- GERALD LEE RAMSDENLieutenant Commander · January 23, 1968
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIO ALFREDO CALDERONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 13
- GARY BERYL DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 15
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · Panel 35E, Line 19
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.