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ARMANDO RAMOS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1921 – October 4, 1966
Service recordArmando Ramos, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1921
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 46
- PHILLIP MILLERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RAYFORD JUNIOR MOSLEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- HOMER LEE PICKETTSergeant · October 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 43
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 43
- HENRY LEE CREEKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 44
- SAM WEBSTER DAILYStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 44
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 44
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 45
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 45
- HOMER LEE PICKETTSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 46
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROCIVStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 46
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 47
- KENNETH WADE WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 48
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.