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RAMIRO RIOS RAMIREZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordRamiro Rios Ramirez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 26
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- FRANCIS PENNETTILance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- JOHN ONDERDONK ROESLERCaptain · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST ERVIN HOODSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 22
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.