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THOMAS RUIZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1948 – July 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Ruiz, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank/Assault Guided Missile Man (0361)
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 32
- MILES ROBERT GREGOIRESergeant · July 1, 1968
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE PULSSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · July 1, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.