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RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – June 13, 1968
Service recordRaul Ramos-Jimenez, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 11
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 11
- PAUL NELSON LOYALance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · June 13, 1968
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 10
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 12
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.