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RUBEN BOSQUEZ SUNIGA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – October 6, 1970
Service recordRuben Bosquez Suniga, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 116
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 116
- JAMES VERNON LLOYDSergeant First Class · October 5, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- JOHN VINSON WILLIAMS JRMajor · October 6, 1970
- EDWARD WILLIAM WITHEEPetty Officer First Class · October 6, 1970
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.