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HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1944 – April 14, 1968
Service recordHector Ramon Marin-Ramos, of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 53
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Fajardo, Puerto Rico (Fajardo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 53
- DEWAYNE KINGPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- BENJAMIN EDWIN LENNARD JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE MATTSONCorporal · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 52
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 2
From Fajardo
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
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.