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GREGORY P RUGENSTEIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – November 7, 1969
Service recordGregory P Rugenstein, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 44
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · November 7, 1969
- NATHANIEL JULIUS RILEY JRPrivate · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD LYLE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
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.