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JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Ramirez, of San Jose, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 22
- DALMACIO P PASCUA JRStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PRANGEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- DAVID GEOFFREY RANKINSpecialist Five · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EWALD HACKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 22
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.