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RONALD CALVIN RUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – February 14, 1971
Service recordRonald Calvin Ruff, of Notasulga, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 103
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Notasulga, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 103
- DOUGLAS LEE HORNSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT JESKESergeant · February 14, 1971
- PERRY METZLERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1971
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 102
- STEPHEN HENRY WARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 104
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.