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KENNETH RAY RUCKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ray Rucker, of Denver City, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver City, Texas (Yoakum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 14
- EARL DONALD REEDAirman First Class · May 27, 1968
- MERRILL DALE REICH JRFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · May 27, 1968
- SCOTT BRUCE SALTERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BALLINGERMajor · Panel 65W, Line 4
- GUY BERNARD EPHLAND JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 65W, Line 6
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 11
From Denver City
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.