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RAYMOND RAMIREZ GUTIERREZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1950 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRaymond Ramirez Gutierrez, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 117
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 12, 1950
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 117
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE GERBERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · May 27, 1969
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · May 27, 1969
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.