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CHARLES NATHANIEL RUFFIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1944 – April 12, 1970
Service recordCharles Nathaniel Ruffin, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 128
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 1970
- HENRY PORTER RATHMELLFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1970
- DANIEL PAUL RICHARDSLance Corporal · April 12, 1970
- GUS BLAKELY ROBINSONCaptain · April 12, 1970
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.