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RAMON LUIS VAZQUEZ-NIEVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordRamon Luis Vazquez-Nieves, of Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOHN THORNHILLPrivate · May 28, 1969
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1969
- STEPHEN LOUIS UPTONLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
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.