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FORREST LEE RAMOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1946 – June 20, 1967
Service recordForrest Lee Ramos, of Wapato, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Wapato, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DAVID ALAN YOUNKSergeant · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 26
From Wapato
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- LEON LOUIS VIVETTELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.