Rainier Sylvester Ramos

Vietnam War
Unit7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment
RankChief Warrant Officer Third Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromBellingham Washington
Date of DeathJanuary 9 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment

Notes
Chief Warrant Officer, Third Class Ramos was a member of Troop C, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. On January 9, 1968, he was the pilot of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a gunship-cover mission about 20 miles west of Tam Ky, Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, when the aircraft was hit by ground fire, crashed and burned. Chief Warrant Officer Ramos' remains have been recovered. His name is permanently inscribed on the Vietnam War Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.