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RAMON J MORALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – May 26, 1967
Service recordRamon J Morales, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 121
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 121
- WILLIAM GREGORY LANDONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RUDIN DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- PHILLIP RAY GAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 117
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 123
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 125
- TEDDY GENE TALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 126
- PAUL M WOOLDRIDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 127
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.