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VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1946 – January 9, 1968
Service recordVincente Ramirez Gonzalez, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 11
- THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKERPlatoon Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- DERRI SYKESStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY WAINWRIGHT BOEHMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 4
- BURLEY DEAN EZELLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 6
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
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.