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Rubio, Euripides, Jr., CPT.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Ponce
Last Address Ponce, Puerto Rico
Casualty Date Nov 08, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Puerto Rico National Cemetery (VA) - Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Battle of Ap Cha Do
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Description 8 Nov, During the Battle of Ap Cha Do, the 1st Battalion 28th Infantry defeated muliple VC "human wave" assaults. When the vc finally broke contact, they left behind 484 of their number dead on the battlefield.
The 1st Bn was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for its gallant actions during the battle of Ap Cha Do (Operation Attleboro) in Nov 1966.
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Black Lions Killed In Action November 8, 1966, in The Battle of Ap Cha Do, Tay Ninh Province, RVN. Listed by Company and Rank [Notation: List of names not completely verified]:
First Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters Company (HHC)
CPT Euripides Rubio (Medal of Honor), Infantry Unit Commander SP4 James Mathew Kelly, Medic PFC Henry Allen Garza, Medic
A Company
CPT Ronald Virgil Putnam, Infantry Unit Commander
B Company
1LT Bernard Francis Kistler, Infantry Unit Commander SGT Calvert James Johnson, Infantryman SP4 Walter James Schmidt (Silver Star), Infantryman SP4 Caspar Marvin Walsh, III (Silver Star), Infantryman SP4 Nathaniel Wyley, Infantryman PFC Howard Lewis Bowen, Infantryman PFC Jackie Burl Hall, Infantryman PFC Jerry Lee Happel, Infantryman PFC Charles Michael Todd, Infantryman PFC Rafael Vega-maysonet, Infantryman
C Company
1LT David Brian Dann (Silver Star), Infantry Unit Commander MSG Vertis James Hill, Jr., Infantryman SP4 Arthur Raymond Erschoen, Infantryman
Second Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment
A Company
SFC Lewis Eli Bonnie, Infantryman
Note by Gary McJimsey, ATWS Member. Some information located indicates perhaps 21 Americans killed in action, 42 American wounded with only 'nearly 400 VC lost'; reference The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History, Page 30-31, Operation Attleboro, 05-25 November 1966. Spencer C. Tucker, Editor, 2nd Edition. Copyright 1998 & 2000 by Spencer C. Tucker.
