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EDUARDO CRUZ RAMIREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1950 – November 12, 1970
Service recordEduardo Cruz Ramirez, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 55
- DAVID ALAN NUDENBERGPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · November 12, 1970
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- WILLIAM LESLIE AIKENSergeant · November 13, 1970
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
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.