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RANDALL RUGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – April 24, 1969
Service recordRandall Ruggs, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 41
- DARWIN DALE MCGEESpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- ERNEST MANUEL PERRY JRSergeant · April 24, 1969
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · April 24, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WAGNERPrivate · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 38
- JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 38
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · Panel 26W, Line 38
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 40
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.