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ROBERTO RAMOS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1945 – October 29, 1968
Service recordRoberto Ramos, of New York, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 29, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 55
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 55
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- JAMES GUINAN SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL STONESergeant · October 29, 1968
- TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.