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JESUS P RAMIREZ
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1928 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJesus P Ramirez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Redstone Electronic Mechanic (21B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 37
- JOHN RICHARD POSOPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- WALTER RAYMOND PRATTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- FRANK RAMOS JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- LE ROY ALVIN PETERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.