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JOSEPH PETER RUEBEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 21, 1945 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJoseph Peter Ruebel, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 74
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · July 29, 1969
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 69
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · Panel 20W, Line 71
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 72
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.