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HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1942 – January 31, 1969
Service recordHildefonso M Ramirez, of Watsonville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 24
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- RALPH LEIGH BLAUVELTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- DAVID EVERETT BROOKINSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- BOYCE DALE BURGETTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ALAN LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 26
- JOSEPH BRADLEY RUSHSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 29
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 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.