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RAMIRO MEDINA GONZALEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordRamiro Medina Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 98
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 98
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- CLEMENT ARTHUR DUPUISLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN FLOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD WILSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 101
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.