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RAMIRO MICHAEL MORA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1934 – August 16, 1968
Service recordRamiro Michael Mora, of South San Gabriel, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1934
- Home of record
- South San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 28
- JAMES EARL BLUESpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MILLINERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LURAL LEE BLEVINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 22
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 23
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 25
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 27
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · Panel 48W, Line 30
From South San Gabriel
- TOMMY ROY THOMASSergeant · September 27, 1969
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.