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RICHARD DICK AMBRUSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – November 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Dick Ambruso, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 9
- ARTHUR EDWARD BADER JRSergeant First Class · July 29, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · November 29, 1968
- GEORGE BERKLEY ALGERSpecialist Five · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 10
- JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- LEE VICTOR PORDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.