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ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1945 – June 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Preston Ruttle JR, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 70
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 70
- JOHN BOMAR BALITSARISFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
- RONALD LEE BRASHEARSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- ROBERT BALLARD BROUGHTONPrivate · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 69
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 71
- JOHN WILLIAM HORANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 77
From Hatboro
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
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.