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Joseph Francis Ruiz

KIA

Lieutenant; Medical Corps

Branch of Service

United States Naval Reserve

Class Year

1932

Location

Guadalcanal

Date of Death

November 11, 1942

Conflict

WW2

Circumstances

Killed in Action in Guadalcanal

Their Story

Lieut Joseph Ruiz, navy doctor, lost his life in the Solomons, in an air bombardment while operating on a wounded Marine.