JUAN{JOHNNY} A RUIZ

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Johnny was born in July 1949 in Edinburg Hidalgo county Texas

Johnny played junior varsity football at Edinburg High school where the team won district

Our brother Johnny served in the U S Army

He completed basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana

After Fort Polk Johnny was assigned to Ft Hood Texas in the 2nd Armored Division mechanized infantry

In 1968 Johnny was ordered to Pleiku South Viet Nam

After his honorable discharge he was a professional truck driver until he got ill with gioblastoma on his brain

Johnny fought his final battle in Sept 2017

Johnny was buried with full military honors at Chattanooga national cemetary