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DENNIS MICHAEL RAMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – June 2, 1968
Service recordDennis Michael Ramon, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 16
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 16
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · June 2, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE GERALD POESergeant · Panel 61W, Line 15
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHMPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 18
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 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.