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GILBERT OLIVER RUFF JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – February 23, 1971
Service recordGilbert Oliver Ruff JR, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 1
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 1
- ROY YASUSHI SHINKAWAWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1971
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
- TERRY MAXWELL USHERFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALERZAKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 134
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.