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TERRY AUSTIN RUTH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1946 – September 8, 1968
Service recordTerry Austin Ruth, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 6
- DONALD RAYFORD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- REX RUSSELL SAGEColonel · September 8, 1968
- BOBBY RECE SUMPTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OTTO LANGCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 4
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 4
- DAVID JUSTUS BULKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 5
- EDWARD EARL PEASergeant · Panel 44W, Line 5
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 7
- THEODORE A THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 7
- MICHAEL PATRICK WHELANSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 7
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.