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RAMON AGUILAR FLORES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – October 7, 1968
Service recordRamon Aguilar Flores, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ROBERT DUNKELPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL GARVENSpecialist Five · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 24
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 25
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 25
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 26
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 27
- KENNETH HOWARD SILLSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 27
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.