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ANTONIO RAMON PONCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – November 12, 1967
Service recordAntonio Ramon Ponce, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 85
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- SYLVESTER STANLEY SAGANSergeant · November 12, 1967
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- BILLY GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 85
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
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.