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STEPHEN CHARLES RUBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 3, 1945 – November 29, 1971
Service recordStephen Charles Ruby, of Union Beach, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 81
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Union Beach, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 81
- ROBERT LEE WYNNPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- BERT OTTO LAWRENCESpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
- HARRY MELBORN VANDIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
- JOSEPH BERNARD ZIELSpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
From Union Beach
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
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.