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DIEGO RAMIREZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – November 26, 1967
Service recordDiego Ramirez JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 93
- JOHN A MERCURIOCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · November 26, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JOHN A MERCURIOCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 93
- CHARLES BENNETT STIGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 94
- ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLORMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 95
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.