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RUBEN URDIALEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – June 14, 1969
Service recordRuben Urdialez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 50
- ROBERT BRUCE TUFTSCorporal · June 14, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- BOBBIE GENE WOOTENStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES DODGECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 46
- PAUL STEPHEN GOC JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 46
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 47
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 47
- ARMANDO ALVEREZ MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 48
- MALCOLM EVERETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 48
- DAVID ALLEN WORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 48
- DAVID THOMAS SITTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 49
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 49
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 50
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.