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FRED PLYMOUTH RUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1949 – September 5, 1968
Service recordFred Plymouth Rugh, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 44
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH RENOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 41
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 43
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 44
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.