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RAMON FLORES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – May 25, 1970
Service recordRamon Flores JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 97
- DANNY LEON GOSSCorporal · May 25, 1970
- DALE EUGENE HUTCHINSCorporal · May 25, 1970
- KENNETH LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BATCHELORCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 93
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 96
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 97
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 98
- BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 98
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RICHARD RODRIGUESCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 99
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 100
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.