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CARL DENNIS RUENGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – April 27, 1970
Service recordCarl Dennis Ruenger, of North Prairie, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 60
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- North Prairie, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 60
- JAMES HESTER PALMERSergeant Major · April 27, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PICKLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- JOSEPH THOMAS ROBERSONStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- JAIME RODRIGUEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · April 27, 1970
From North Prairie
- MICHAEL MARTIN GUKICHLance Corporal · May 8, 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.