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GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – April 11, 1968
Service recordGuillermo A Ruiz-Bernard, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 25
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 25
- FREDERICK RICHARD OHLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD EDGAR RIEDEFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCCARTYSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 23
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.