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ROGER DALE RUOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1945 – November 16, 1966
Service recordRoger Dale Ruoff, of Wauseon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 81
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Wauseon, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 81
- EUGENE BRUCE RHOADESCorporal · November 16, 1966
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- HILBERT M SINGLETARY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES WILDERSCaptain · November 16, 1966
From Wauseon
- TERRY LYNN MEYERPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 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.