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RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1939 – February 13, 1968
Service recordRamon Hernandez Gonzalez, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 25
- HOBERT TRUMAN ROLLINSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JEROME ALAN SCHUETTPrivate · February 13, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS SHAWPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- RODGER WILLIAM SIPPPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.