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DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1945 – March 1, 1967
Service recordDavid Thomas Ramirez, of Sanger, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 129
- KENNETH MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 1, 1967
- VICTOR OHANESIANLieutenant Colonel · March 1, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE CALVIN ROSSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DAVID BAZELLSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 124
- GREGORY WILLIAM BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 126
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 129
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 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.