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RAMON GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordRamon Gonzalez-Rodriguez, of Villa Palmeras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Villa Palmeras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 43
- JAMES LLOYD GRIFFINCommander · May 19, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 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.