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RAMON DESCHAMPS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1947 – July 18, 1966
Service recordRamon Deschamps, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 32
- ROBERT HERMAN BUTLER JRSergeant · July 18, 1966
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- PATRICK PETER DWYERSpecialist Five · July 18, 1966
From Tempe
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.