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DENNIS RUTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – June 17, 1967
Service recordDennis Ruth, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 2
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 2
- ALAN JOHN ROESESergeant · June 17, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL BERTRA SCOTELLAROPrivate · June 17, 1967
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.