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JOAQUIN RAMOS-RAMIREZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1926 – July 5, 1969
Service recordJoaquin Ramos-Ramirez, of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 67
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 25, 1926
- Home of record
- Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico (Sabana Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 67
- JOHN JOSEPH SESLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JOHN AUGUST WELSFORD JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
From Sabana Grande
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · August 20, 1967
- EFRAIN RIVERA-AGOSTOPrivate · May 10, 1972
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.