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KLAUS DIETER R RUHLAND
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1934 – October 21, 1968
Service recordKlaus Dieter R Ruhland, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 15
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 15
- MICHAEL EDWARD ROBERTSCorporal · October 21, 1968
- COUNCIL LEE ROYALLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- GAYLAND OMER SCOTTCaptain · October 21, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.