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ROBERT JOHN RUGGIERO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – July 7, 1966
Service recordRobert John Ruggiero, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 6
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- DANNY ROY SIMPSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 1
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- A T HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 4
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 6
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.