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JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1941 – January 14, 1966
Service recordJose Ramo Pagan-Cartagena, of Ciales, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Ciales, Puerto Rico (Ciales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 73
- ANDRES GARCIASpecialist Four · January 14, 1966
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HELTONPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1966
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4E, Line 72
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 72
- ANDRES GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 73
From Ciales
- ELIEZER DOMINGUEZ-CORTESPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MIGUEL A GONZALEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
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.