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HEINRICH RUHLMANN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordHeinrich Ruhlmann, of Richmond Heights, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 48
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond Heights, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 48
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JRLieutenant · May 11, 1969
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 1969
- ARTURO B GUTIERREZLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ANDREW GOURLAYPrivate · Panel 25W, Line 47
- TERRY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 50
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARRELLSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 52
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 54
- JOHN MARSHALL RUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 54
- CLIFFORD KAZUMI TAIRASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 56
From Richmond Heights
- CURTIS LEE WATSON JRCorporal · May 14, 1966
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.