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NELSON R RAMIREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordNelson R Ramirez, of West New York, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 28
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DAVID JOHN ROBERTSLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 8
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 19
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
From West New York
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY DABONKAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- EDGAR HENRY VALLECILLOCorporal · June 6, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
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.