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ANTONINO RUGGERI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – February 12, 1969
Service recordAntonino Ruggeri, of Ontario, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 20
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 12, 1969
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- LELDON EDWIN HOCK JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 20
- ROBERT W HOOKSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 21
- SALVADOR DELOSS RIOSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 22
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
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.