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RICHARD PETER RUIZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – October 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Peter Ruiz, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 41
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- SAMUEL C PHILLIPS IIISergeant · October 2, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 38
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 39
- EDWARD ARNOLD BIRMINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 40
- SANFORD STEVEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 40
- JAMES THOMAS LIKELYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 40
- ALAN EDWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 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.