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RUBY KENNETH WALSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRuby Kenneth Walston, of Ayden, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Ayden, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 58
- WILLIE LEE TONEYSergeant · September 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKELSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE WHELPLEYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LYNN AHRENDSENSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 47
- JOSEPH JOHN KULL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 54
From Ayden
- JASPER RAY CONWAYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
- FRED DONALD LAMBERTFirst Sergeant · December 21, 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.