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JOSEP L RUZICKA JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 3, 1945 – July 30, 1972
Service recordJosep L Ruzicka JR, of North Augusta, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 30, 1972, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 3, 1945
- Home of record
- North Augusta, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 61
- THOMAS W REASORCaptain · July 30, 1972
- FREDDIE L SLAUGHTER JRAirman First Class · July 30, 1972
- LUIS ALONZOCorporal · August 1, 1972
- ROBERT MITCHELL LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1972
From North Augusta
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
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.