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MIA RUGGS
from
Woodbridge
wrote on March 24, 2021
at
9:59 pm
HELLO MY NAME IS MIA RUGGS,
MY FATHER WAS IN VIETNAM MARCH 69 TO APRIL 69.. PFC. RANDALL RUGGS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF WHILE SERVING
AS A RIFLEMAN WITH CO B,1st BATTALION,12th INF,4th INF DIV. ON 24 APRIL1969, PFC.RANDALL RUGGS' UNIT WAS
ON A SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSION IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WHEN THEY CAME UNDER HEAVY ENEMY FIRE.
SEEING THAT A NUMBER OF HIS COMRADES WERE CAUGHT IN EXPOSED POSITIONS BY THE HOSTILE FIRE, HE
COURAGEOUSLY EXPOSED HIMSELF NUMEROUS TIMES TO LAY DOWN A VICIOUS LINEOF SUPPRESSIVE FIRE,ALLOWING
HIS COMRADES TO REACH SAFETY.AS HE EXPOSED HIMSELF HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY THE ENEMY FIRE.I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF U MIGHT KNOW HIM OR IF U KNEW SOMEONE THAT MIGHT KNOW HIM. IF U DO COULD U E-MAIL ME I HOPE TO HERE FROM U.. I VISIT THE WALL ALL THE TIME TO JUST SEE MY DADS NAME AND OTHERS ARE ON THERE. I WISH I COULD KNOWN MY FATHER I WAS ONLY 2 WHEN HE WAS KILLED ON MY BRITHDAY.. AND MY B/D IS COMEING UP SOON.. I MISS MY DAD AND I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH.. THANK U FOR EVERYTHING...
MY FATHER WAS IN VIETNAM MARCH 69 TO APRIL 69.. PFC. RANDALL RUGGS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF WHILE SERVING
AS A RIFLEMAN WITH CO B,1st BATTALION,12th INF,4th INF DIV. ON 24 APRIL1969, PFC.RANDALL RUGGS' UNIT WAS
ON A SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSION IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WHEN THEY CAME UNDER HEAVY ENEMY FIRE.
SEEING THAT A NUMBER OF HIS COMRADES WERE CAUGHT IN EXPOSED POSITIONS BY THE HOSTILE FIRE, HE
COURAGEOUSLY EXPOSED HIMSELF NUMEROUS TIMES TO LAY DOWN A VICIOUS LINEOF SUPPRESSIVE FIRE,ALLOWING
HIS COMRADES TO REACH SAFETY.AS HE EXPOSED HIMSELF HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY THE ENEMY FIRE.I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF U MIGHT KNOW HIM OR IF U KNEW SOMEONE THAT MIGHT KNOW HIM. IF U DO COULD U E-MAIL ME I HOPE TO HERE FROM U.. I VISIT THE WALL ALL THE TIME TO JUST SEE MY DADS NAME AND OTHERS ARE ON THERE. I WISH I COULD KNOWN MY FATHER I WAS ONLY 2 WHEN HE WAS KILLED ON MY BRITHDAY.. AND MY B/D IS COMEING UP SOON.. I MISS MY DAD AND I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH.. THANK U FOR EVERYTHING...
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