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ROBERT STEPHEN RUCH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1937 – October 30, 1965
Service recordRobert Stephen Ruch, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 7
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- AARON CRUSOE MURRELLPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
From Bethlehem
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 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.