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ERNEST WAYNE RUTHERFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordErnest Wayne Rutherford, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 16
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
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 16
- KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONGCorporal · July 11, 1968
- JOHN ELLIS MINCEYCorporal · July 11, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- BILLY JOE SISCOPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
From Smiths Grove
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
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.