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LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1941 – December 10, 1965
Service recordLawrence Fredrick Ramaker, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 10
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
- December 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 10
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- LESLIE PUZYREWSKICorporal · December 10, 1965
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- RALPH SHANKSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TINSLEY BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- OMER GENE DARTYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 7
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 8
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- ROBERT L KECKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 9
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.