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PETER PAUL RUBIO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – June 15, 1969
Service recordPeter Paul Rubio, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 55
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 55
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WILSON DECOSTA THOMASCorporal · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KISH LEMONT GREENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 52
- JERRY CRAIG KLUTEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 53
- LARRY D LEMASTERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 53
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.