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JOHN RONALD RUOHO
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 3, 1938 – December 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Ronald Ruoho, of Florence, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 3, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinery Repairman (MR)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS ASKARI ARL 30
- Born
- August 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Florence, Wisconsin (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE E LEIBAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
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.