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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: RUTBERG
First name: FRANKLIN STEVEN
Home of Record (official): PHILADELPHIA
State (official): PA
Date of Birth: Sunday, November 8, 1942
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 52666324
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
E Troop 2nd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, January 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, May 9, 1967
Age at time of loss: 24
Casualty type: (A3) Hostile, died while missing
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Quang Ngai
The Wall: Panel 19E - Row 074