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CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1942 – February 21, 1966
Service recordChristopher Eugene Ruberg, of Pacific Palisades, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Pacific Palisades, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 58
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- MARSHALL RAYMOND HIRSCHSecond Lieutenant · February 21, 1966
- VERNON ALLEN MERRITTPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL RAYMOND HIRSCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 58
From Pacific Palisades
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM C DELAPP IIILieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1968
- JAMES ROLAND FIELDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.