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ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordRoland Rolando Ramos, of Haleiwa, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Haleiwa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 3
- DAVID LEE KRIGHospitalman · May 15, 1967
- REINALDO SALVADOR ORTIZCorporal · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LONGORIA SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 1
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 3
From Haleiwa
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
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.