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FRANK RAMOS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1934 – February 8, 1968
Service recordFrank Ramos JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 37
- JOHN RICHARD POSOPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- WALTER RAYMOND PRATTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JESUS P RAMIREZMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1968
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.