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RAMIRO MANRIQUE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1943 – July 11, 1966
Service recordRamiro Manrique JR, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 17
- JACKIE DALLAS JONESWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1966
- ROBERT BERNARD MANNPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- ANGELO JOSEPH SFERRAZZASpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.