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JAMES JUNIUS RUFFIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1945 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJames Junius Ruffin, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 114
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- FRED HENRY PATTERSONSergeant · March 19, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 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.