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JOHN CHARLES RUBINS
Major · U.S. Army
September 16, 1928 – November 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Rubins, of Snyder, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Snyder, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 97
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- LARUS WAYNE ROLANDWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
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.