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RONALD LEE RUSEK
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Rusek, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 27
- JORGE MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- STEPHEN RYAN RICHARDSCorporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN REYITO SERRANOCorporal · July 28, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RYAN RICHARDSCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 27
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.