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GEORGE MICHAEL RAMOS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordGeorge Michael Ramos, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 16
- SAMUEL TONY HILLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- ANASTACIO D QUILALANG JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- HOWARD TAYLOR ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CARLISLE ANTHONY RODNEYSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.