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OTIS JAMES RUCKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 4, 1943 – June 26, 1969
Service recordOtis James Rucks, of Stamps, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Stamps, Arkansas (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 19
- JERRY ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL RATHSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 19
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 21
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.