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RAMON AURELIO SERVERA-BAEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1933 – January 2, 1971
Service recordRamon Aurelio Servera-Baez, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH LUKITSCH JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1971
- HARVEY GERALD SOKOLOFSergeant · January 2, 1971
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1971
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
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.