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JUAN RAMIREZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – September 8, 1967
Service recordJuan Ramirez, of Lynwood, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 37
- JOHN DAVID REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- FRANK EUGENE ROBINSONPetty Officer Second Class · September 8, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 35
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 36
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 38
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
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.