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RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – February 27, 1968
Service recordRuffin J Satterwhite JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 54
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · February 27, 1968
- MITCHELL FRANCIS SEKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SINKSSeaman · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 50
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 51
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 51
- RICHARD EUGENE GRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 57
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.