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RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordRamon Oquendo-Gutierrez, of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · 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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Jayuya, Puerto Rico (Jayuya County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 12
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WENGERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 6
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 12
- CHARLES WELDON HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 13
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
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.