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GARY CARL RUHLOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – January 3, 1967
Service recordGary Carl Ruhloff, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SRMaster Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN BAGOPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 112
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.