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MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMiguel A Ruvalcaba-Lopez, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 29
- FRANCIS JOSEPH ROBINSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CRAIG ALLEN ROODSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JULIUS SAFRITSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 4
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- JOSEPH GEORGE GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 13
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 25
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 30
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 31
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.