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LARRY DEAN RUGGLES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1942 – April 2, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Ruggles, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 2
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 1969
- JAMES HAMILTON RODGERSSergeant · April 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 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.