Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Awards: Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: 2nd platoon
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Oct-1945
Hometown: Wilson, North Carolina
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 8-Nov-1965
Start of tour: 23-Sep-1966
Incident date: 19-Mar-1967
Date of casualty: 19-Mar-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
James Junius Ruffin was passenger in a military vehicle when he was hit by round from .45 pistol which accidentally discharged.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Rest Haven Cemetery, Wilson, North Carolina, USA
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