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RONALD PAUL RUYFF
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
July 31, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRonald Paul Ruyff, of Long Beach, California, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 76
- JOSE C SANTIAGO-LUGO JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH SHOWERS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSONMajor · Panel 27E, Line 67
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · Panel 27E, Line 75
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.