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JOSE RAMON CANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJose Ramon Cano, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 4
- SCOTT JAY BAILEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN BAKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- BRUCE GREGORY BOWLESCaptain · January 15, 1969
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 5
- HAROLD THOMAS DABNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 7
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.