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RAMON CASTRO-MORALES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRamon Castro-Morales, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Supply And Parts Specialist (76B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNLieutenant Colonel · December 17, 1968
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS CHASECorporal · December 17, 1968
- BROOKS MICHAEL SCRIVNERPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 32
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 35
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
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.