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PAUL RUBIO VILLALOBOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1950 – December 26, 1970
Service recordPaul Rubio Villalobos, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 10
- ARTHUR HOUSTON PRICEStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- LAWRENCE GENE BANGSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1970
- RAYMOND ROBERT COOREMANWarrant Officer 1 · December 27, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
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.