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RAMON N HERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – January 22, 1969
Service recordRamon N Hernandez, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 58
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 58
- DENNIS EUGENE GESTSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- DAVID CLEVELAND HOGANSergeant · January 22, 1969
- JOHNNY SAMUEL HOLTLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 55
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 56
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 57
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 59
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 62
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.