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MICHAEL ALLEN RUHTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1950 – July 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Allen Ruhter, of Minden, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Minden, Nebraska (Kearney County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 37
- CARL ONEAL HENLYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MYRON KEITH RENNEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN STRONGSergeant · July 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL ONEAL HENLYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 37
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.