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PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1950 – May 13, 1970
Service recordPaul Lajada Ramos JR, of Ft Bragg, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Bragg, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 36
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 1970
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- VAN THOMAS WRAYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- GARY LEE COXStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 36
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
From Ft Bragg
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 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.