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RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOS
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – January 9, 1968
Service recordRainer Sylvester Ramos, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 10
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 10
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- TONY JOHN QUITMEYERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN EMERY NEWTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 9
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 34E, Line 9
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 11
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.