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ROBERTO RAMOS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1950 – January 15, 1969
Service recordRoberto Ramos, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 10
- STEVE RONALD REISERSergeant · January 15, 1969
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MICHAEL MELVIN SPARKColonel · January 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.