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GARY ARDEN RUCKTAESCHEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordGary Arden Rucktaeschel, of Wabasso, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 86
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Wabasso, Minnesota (Redwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 86
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · October 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- ERICK LEE WASHINGTONLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 77
- ROBERT PAUL COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 80
- JAMES ALBERT CORESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 80
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 84
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 85
- JOHNNIE WALKERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 88
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Wabasso
- THOMAS HUBERT MCCARTYMajor · July 23, 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.