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LORENZO RAMIREZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – June 28, 1968
Service recordLorenzo Ramirez JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 13
- WADE LAMAR BROOMEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE SEIDELCorporal · June 28, 1968
- YANCEY SMITH JRPrivate · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DUNCANCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 10
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 10
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 11
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 13
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.