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MICHAEL JAMES RAMBUR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 25, 1946 – November 24, 1968
Service recordMichael James Rambur, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 52
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- THOMAS HERSCHAL SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK SELGRADEPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE EVERETT SIROISCorporal · November 24, 1968
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.