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LOUIS JOSEPH RAMIREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – October 10, 1968
Service recordLouis Joseph Ramirez, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 42
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 42
- EMMETT SOMERS ORRTechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- RAY WILLIARD PHELPS JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.