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RUBEN DELGADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1944 – January 30, 1966
Service recordRuben Delgado, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 119
- HOSY CHAPELCorporal · January 30, 1966
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 118
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 121
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.