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HEINZ RUCHTI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordHeinz Ruchti, of Fairfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 29
- VINICIO FREDEK SANTUCCISpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BILLY JOE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM SLADECorporal · September 11, 1968
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
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.