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BERNARDO KEALOHA RAMOS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 6, 1950 – March 24, 1971
Service recordBernardo Kealoha Ramos, of Watsonville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 75
- ROBERT DANIEL WALTERSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
- ARTHUR WILSON JRSpecialist Five · March 24, 1971
- MICHAEL DALE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- EDDIE LEROY DODDSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- HERMAN EDWARD PICHONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 73
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 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.