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CLINTON GEAN RUCKLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1950 – January 6, 1970
Service recordClinton Gean Ruckle, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 6
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 1970
- FRANK MARK WALKERCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHALCorporal · January 6, 1970
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.