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FRANCIS GROVER RUPPERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordFrancis Grover Ruppert, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 108
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 108
- PAUL EDWARD PETROLINELance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · June 21, 1969
- JERRY EUGENE ROGERSSergeant · June 21, 1969
- ALLYN TROY STEVENSPrivate · June 21, 1969
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.