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RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – November 27, 1970
Service recordRamon Antonio Hernandez, of Mcfarland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Mcfarland, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 85
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1970
- MARVIN S ARTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- ROBERT LEE BAKERMajor · November 27, 1970
- ALLEN JAMES BODINSergeant · November 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 85
From Mcfarland
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · March 27, 1970
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
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.