Ruff, Gary Lynn
Navy Fireman

Gary Lynn Ruff, age 21, from Benton Harbor, Michigan, Berrien county.

Parents: Orville Ruff and Mrs William Klemm

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Benton Harbor (1967)

Date of death: Thursday, September 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam in an explosion of mortar bags at his base. His detail was assigned to dispose of mortar bags by burning them.

Source: National Archives, Saint Joseph Herald Press (1970)