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RUBERT GREGORY HUMPHREYS
Private · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – August 20, 1970
Service recordRubert Gregory Humphreys, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 25
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- LEON PAUL TRIDLESpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 1970
- LARRY REAUMAINE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
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.