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ANTONIO ELIZONDO RUIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1943 – March 14, 1969
Service recordAntonio Elizondo Ruiz, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 40
- JAMES LAWRENCE RIPANTIFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1969
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.