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ANDRES LOPEZ RAMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – February 4, 1971
Service recordAndres Lopez Ramon, of Del Rio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 78
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Del Rio, Texas (Val Verde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 78
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- NELSON GRAFTON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · February 4, 1971
- STEPHEN MICHAEL TRAYNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- PATRICK JOSEPH TROTTERSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NELSON GRAFTON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 78
- PATRICK JOSEPH TROTTERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 78
From Del Rio
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- PATRICK SHELDON COCHRANCorporal · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- NOLBERTO FRAUSTO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
- RENE JAVIER SALAZARLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
- CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.