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RONALD PAUL ALMARAZ
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1944 – February 4, 1966
Service recordRonald Paul Almaraz, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 136
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 136
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.