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RAMIRO INFANZON-COLON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – December 16, 1968
Service recordRamiro Infanzon-Colon, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 29
- TOMMIE JOE CLARKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN FISKSergeant · December 16, 1968
- DAVID ABRAM FLEISCHERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKISergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 30
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 31
- RONALD CORY SAFFELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 31
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist 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.