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CORNELIUS HERBERT RAM
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1931 – January 10, 1971
Service recordCornelius Herbert Ram, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 38
- PHILIP J ADAMSSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
- STEPHEN PAUL KRUGSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JOE HENRY LILLIESpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JACKIE LEE SAWNEYSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JAMES TERRY ABBOTTSpecialist Six · January 11, 1971
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.