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RAMON S HERNANDEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordRamon S Hernandez JR, of Calexico, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 6
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Calexico, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 August 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 6
- MAURICE JOHN HAASSergeant · August 30, 1968
- EDWARD ODAY HASKETTPrivate · August 30, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TRASTERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
From Calexico
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- LUIS ALFONSO LOPEZ-RAMOSSergeant · June 3, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · May 14, 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.