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GARY LYNN RUFF
Fireman · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1949 – September 3, 1970
Service recordGary Lynn Ruff, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 3, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 36
- GARY ALAN CRAVENPrivate · September 3, 1970
- LOUIS CARL DIFINIZIOSergeant · September 3, 1970
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 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.