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RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – August 4, 1968
Service recordRamiro Lopez Salinas, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 9
- OSCAR LEE HOUSEPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE MELVIN BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 7
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.