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MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – March 5, 1970
Service recordMiguel Ramos Garcia, of Auburndale, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 84
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- HECTOR LUIS CARABALLOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- RONALD DUANE CAREYSergeant · March 5, 1970
- JOHN JAMES CRAVEYFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE DAVID KLINGAMANSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 85
From Auburndale
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 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.