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JUAN AMADOR RUBIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – February 23, 1970
Service recordJuan Amador Rubio, of Refugio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Refugio, Texas (Refugio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 49
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- BARRY ALAN MOLETTIERESergeant · February 23, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · February 23, 1970
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1970
From Refugio
- CARL EDWARD GARZAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT ROCHA GUERRACorporal · June 20, 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.