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ROBERTO MANDOZA RAMIREZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – August 12, 1967
Service recordRoberto Mandoza Ramirez, of Peoria, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Peoria, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 105
- RAY ALLEN LEACHSergeant First Class · August 12, 1967
- EDWARD D RANDAZZOPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- LEONARD STANLEY SCOTT JRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JESUS YANEZ JRCorporal · August 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FAY KENNY COOPERSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 103
From Peoria
- JACKIE EUGENE HUFFPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- PERFECTO NUNEZ LOPEZLance Corporal · February 13, 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.