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WILLIAM RUIZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1951 – January 19, 1971
Service recordWilliam Ruiz JR, of Buena Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 56
- STEPHEN ALLEN ALTSCHAFFLSpecialist Five · January 19, 1971
- GLENN RAY ETHINGTONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1971
- JESUS ANTONIO GONZALESPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
- RONALD DUANE ROWSEYSergeant · January 19, 1971
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
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.