Ruelas, Mateo
Army Specialist 4
Mateo Ruelas, age 20, from Alice, Texas, Jim Wells county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Ben Bolt High (1968)
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Cambodia while en route to a night defense position when hostile fire was encountered.
Source: National Archives, Corpus Christi Times (1970)