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MEDARD A J RUEHLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1942 – April 11, 1967
Service recordMedard A J Ruehle, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Upper Sandusky, Ohio (Wyandot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 17
- CARY HUBERT SILERStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- DANIEL GREGORY ZEGARACLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- JACK HERBERT ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 13
- BOBBY WALTER COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 13
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 13
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 14
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 14
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 17
From Upper Sandusky
- JAMES EDWARD CHADWICKPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- NELSON EVERETT SPITLERSeaman · July 29, 1967
- REECE A CRITCHFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- GORDON KAY HUGHESSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1968
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.