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JOHN LEONARD RUETH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – March 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Leonard Rueth, of Loyal, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 62
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Loyal, Wisconsin (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 62
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 59
- HAROLD PAUL DEGNERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 60
- RODGER LYNN GARLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 60
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 60
- ROBERT EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 61
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 62
- JOSEPH A PETRARCAPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
- DEWEY JUNIOR RAYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 63
- FIRMAN ANDREW TITUSSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 64
- BERNARD ANTHONY ZAMBRANOPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
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.