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PETER GEORGE RUIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordPeter George Ruiz, of Ajo, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Ajo, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 19
- EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORDSergeant · June 29, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · June 29, 1968
From Ajo
- WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELLLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEACorporal · October 9, 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.