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NELSON RAMIREZ
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 7, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordNelson Ramirez, of New York, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 46
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 46
- JOHN SCOTT PINNEYSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JACK LEE RIGHTMYERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- DENNIS LEROY RILEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID ROGERSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.