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RUBEN RUBIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1950 – July 6, 1971
Service recordRuben Rubio, of Clovis, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Clovis, New Mexico (Curry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 102
- ALAN SHERMAN GOFFPrivate First Class · July 6, 1971
- RICHARD STUART PATTERSONPrivate · July 6, 1971
- FREDERICK BRU SUMMERVILLESpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- DANIEL WAYNE THOMASCaptain · July 6, 1971
From Clovis
- DANIEL TIOFILIO MARTINEZSergeant · November 1, 1966
- JIMMY ROSS HOHSTADTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · October 27, 1967
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.