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WILLIAM ANDREW RUDDAN
Private · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – October 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Andrew Ruddan, of Dublin, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 88
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Dublin, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 88
- PETER EMMANUEL GUTLOFFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1969
- WILLIE MORRIS JONESLance Corporal · October 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE LACOMBECorporal · October 18, 1969
- PAUL LAFONTAINE MARCHANTSecond Lieutenant · October 18, 1969
From Dublin
- JOHN CLEMENT MAPECommander · April 13, 1966
- CLEMMIE BROWN JRSpecialist Four · October 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.