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JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – May 9, 1969
Service recordJuan Ortiz-Ramirez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 31
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · May 9, 1969
- MARVIN LEWIS NOESergeant · May 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW OLSENFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 27
- SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 28
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 31
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · Panel 25W, Line 31
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 34
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.