Captain Euripides Rubio, Jr. (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/puertorico.asp. Euripides Rubio, Jr., native of Puerto Rico, enlisted in the U.S. Army on March 18, 1959, and was a communications officer with Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. On November 8, 1966, in Tay Ninh Province, Captain Rubio and his comrades were heavily attacked by enemy forces. Although injured twice, he assumed command and redirected an air strike before dying of his wounds, for which Rubio, Jr., received the Medal of Honor. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/euripides-rubio.
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