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RUBEN CLEVELAND ALSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1946 – January 2, 1966
Service recordRuben Cleveland Alston, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 52
- VERNON LINDLY SHELLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COVELLAGunnery Sergeant · January 3, 1966
- RALPH ANTHONY DIDAMO JRConstructionman · January 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOSEPH NADEAUPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 48
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 49
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 49
- JACK DENTON BIXBYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 49
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 49
- JOHNNY H LEAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 50
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 50
- GARY FRANKLIN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 50
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 50
- TIMOTHY WAYNE AIKEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 51
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 51
- JERRY WAYNE MORTONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 51
- ROBERT GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 52
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 52
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.