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RUEBEN THOMAS ARAGON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1952 – September 20, 1971
Service recordRueben Thomas Aragon, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 18, 1952
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1971, 127 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 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 20
- LYNN JONESSpecialist Five · September 19, 1971
- FREDRICK ANTHONY THACKERSpecialist Five · September 19, 1971
- GERALD FRANK VILASWarrant Officer 1 · September 19, 1971
- ARNOLD WINFIELD BARDEN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · September 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- IRA CHARLES BRANKSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 21
- DUANE GARTH FORGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 21
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.