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JOSE RUBEN ARAGON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 22, 1939 – May 16, 1965
Service recordJose Ruben Aragon, of Fountain, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 115
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Fountain, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; 26 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 115
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
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.