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JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1945 – April 24, 1967
Service recordJustino Enri Castro-Ramos, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 78
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- RALPH WINFIELD CARTERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAUL CASAREZPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND SENTER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
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.