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FELIX ALVARDO RUIZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1930 – February 2, 1968
Service recordFelix Alvardo Ruiz, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1930
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 84
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROSSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- HOMER ALFRED RUPLE JRSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 64
- FRANCISCO MACHADO JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 78
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.