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LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1946 – December 1, 1966
Service recordLuis Antonio Ramirez, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 1, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 1
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 1
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
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.