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JOSE MANUEL RUIZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJose Manuel Ruiz, of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Vega Baja, Puerto Rico (Vega Baja County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 9
- HARRY EUGENE RIVERSLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROBLELance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
From Vega Baja
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JUAN ALBERTO FRET-CAMACHOPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.