The Wall › Panel 65W › Wisconsin › Ruben Lee Horton
RUBEN LEE HORTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRuben Lee Horton, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 9
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 9
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- LEE EDWARD HIMEBAUGHCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 4
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 6
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 65W, Line 8
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64W, Line 4
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.