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ARMANDO RAMIREZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordArmando Ramirez, of Willcox, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 89
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Willcox, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 89
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ANDREW WILLIAM RICE JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
From Willcox
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE GOSSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.