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PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – February 16, 1970
Service recordPastor Francisco Ruiz, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 21
- CHESTER AUBREY MOLLETTSergeant · February 16, 1970
- JOEL WARREN SAMPSELLFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- JAMES TERENCE BATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 18
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 18
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 19
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 20
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.