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GEORGE RAMIRO SOSA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordGeorge Ramiro Sosa, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 3
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · May 27, 1968
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 9
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 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.