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MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordManuel Rameriz Puentes, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 25, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 78
- JEROME ELLIS JACKSONPrivate · March 25, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · March 25, 1971
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 76
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 77
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 78
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 78
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.