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RUBEN ANGUIANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordRuben Anguiano, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- 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
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 24
- KENNETH ROBERT SAWYERCaptain · February 12, 1969
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID BENIENCaptain · February 13, 1969
- JAMES BRANCHSergeant First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 26
- NORMAN A JENSENSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 27
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.