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RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – March 4, 1968
Service recordRamon Sanchez Hernandez, of Grand Junction, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 65
- MICHAEL DAVID GEISEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- CARL CLARENCE HARLESSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- EDWARD EARL HENRYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
- GARY OLSON HOLSINGERCorporal · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 60
- JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 62
- DAVID PETER GOLDSMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 67
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 70
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
From Grand Junction
- BOBBY GENE BAKERLance Corporal · September 13, 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.