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ROBERTO RUIZ-PEREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1948 – January 23, 1969
Service recordRoberto Ruiz-Perez, of Aguada, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Aguada, Puerto Rico (Aguada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 68
- ARVID OSCAR SILVERBERG JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT ROYCE SLOPPYEPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · January 23, 1969
From Aguada
- JULIO ERE MORALES-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ANDRES SANTIAGO-MARTINEZCorporal · March 21, 1970
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.