The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
D. E. Ruttledge
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
March 21, 1952
Lieutenant Ruttledge was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 12, based at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. On March 21, 1952, his aircraft spun in after takeoff killing all ten crewmen.