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VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – March 12, 1967
Service recordVictor Joseph Ruggero JR, of Freeport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 70
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- GORDON RAY RIGHTLERPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROOSEVELT SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 67
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 68
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 69
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 69
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 70
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
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.