WWII · Battle Death Record
Ruben Rivers
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army · Oklahoma
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Ruben Rivers
- Entered the Service From
- Oklahoma
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 761st Tank Battalion
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- November 19, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Silver Star
- Burial / Memorial
- Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, France
Their story
A tank commander with the all-Black 761st Tank Battalion who, though badly wounded, refused evacuation and fought on until he was killed near Guebling, France. His Medal of Honor was awarded in 1997.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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