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ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – May 7, 1966
Service recordRoberto Ramos-Lopez, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 82
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · March 4, 1970
- JOHN JACKSON PARKERLieutenant · March 4, 1970
- EDMUND A PETRECHKO JRCorporal · March 4, 1970
- TIMOTHY ERNEST QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
From Mayaguez
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
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.