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RONALD BENTON RUEPPEL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – September 27, 1971
Service recordRonald Benton Rueppel, of Moscow, Idaho, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 28
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Moscow, Idaho (Latah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 28
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
- JOHN JULLIANO KINTAROCaptain · September 27, 1971
- HERSHEL GALE ROGERSCaptain · September 27, 1971
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LUIS HECTOR CAMPOSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 27
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 28
- JOHN JULLIANO KINTAROCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 28
From Moscow
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- RODGER MAGNUS KOEFODCorporal · April 27, 1969
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · June 14, 1971
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.