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JERRY RAY RAMBERGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1943 – February 1, 1966
Service recordJerry Ray Ramberger, of Rockport, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 128
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Rockport, Indiana (Spencer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 128
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
From Rockport
- DONALD LEWIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · September 3, 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.