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RUBIN MATHIS II
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – June 25, 1971
Service recordRubin Mathis II, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 88
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 88
- ROBERT LEE MORGANFLASHStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1971
- ALBERT PARKER CARDENCaptain · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 89
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 89
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
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.