The Wall › Panel 55W › Texas › Jose Heriberto Ramirez
JOSE HERIBERTO RAMIREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJose Heriberto Ramirez, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 32
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DONALD LEROY WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- ANDREW BATTIESTCorporal · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 26
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.