Ruiz, Lorenzo M.
Sergeant

Lorenzo M. Ruiz, age 27, from El Paso, Texas, El Paso county.

Spouse: Married
Children: Daughter

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 75h Ranger Regiment in Fort Benning

Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down
Cemetery: Ft. Bliss National, Texas

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tulsa World