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RAMON RODRIGUEZ RUIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1945 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRamon Rodriguez Ruiz, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 31
- WINSTON GLEN PARKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1968
- JACK EUGENE PORTERLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES RICHAR ROSENBUSCHSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- BILLY GRAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 14
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 16
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 18
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 28
- LEO FRANKLIN RUPERTSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 32
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSENDSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 34
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.