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HONORIO RAMIREZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1937 – June 23, 1966
Service recordHonorio Ramirez JR, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 82
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- ERNEST E MCALUMSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- GENE B SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
- EMIL GEORGE MEGIVERONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.