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FERENC JOHN RAMM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1938 – December 17, 1970
Service recordFerenc John Ramm, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 127
- RAYMOND JOSEPH FLYNN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1970
- ANDREW CASTRO GUERREROCorporal · December 17, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSergeant First Class · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PAUL CURTISStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
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.