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FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1946 – April 27, 1966
Service recordFrancis William Ruch II, of Utica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 4
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 4
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JOHNNIE SMITH JRHospitalman · April 27, 1966
- WALTER JOHN TYPE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- HERMAN BROWN JRCorporal · April 28, 1966
- JOHN A BULPITTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
From Utica
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · December 9, 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.