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PETER RUZILA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1941 – November 1, 1965
Service recordPeter Ruzila JR, of Paramus, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Paramus, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 13
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- GEORGE C KOSOVICH JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- RALPH WHEELER ONANASergeant · November 1, 1965
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 10
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 12
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 13
From Paramus
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 1970
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.