The Columbus (Georgia) Enquirer, Wednesday Morning, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths and Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, Wednesday Evening, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths, Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, March 11, 1967, Page 10
Funeral Notices: SAEZ-RAMIREZ – Funeral services for Sgt. Angel P. Saez-Ramirez will be held Monday at 2 P.M. from the Main Post Catholic church with Chaplain John Diez officiating. Interment will be in the Post Cemetery with full military honors accorded. Sgt. Saez-Ramirez is survived by his wife Jeraldine (Geraldine) Johnson Saez-Ramirez, two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez) and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, Miss Carmen Maria Saez-Ramirez and Miss Ana Maria Saez-Ramirez, both of Brooklyn, New York; three brothers, Jose Manuel Saez-Ramirez and Carlos Luis Saez-Ramirez, both of Puerto Rico and Jose Ernesto Saez-Ramirez of Brooklyn, New York.
STRIFFLER-HAMBY
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During Operation Junction City I, airborne troops of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade sought the Viet Cong's (VC) elusive "headquarters" of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam. Searching in thick bamboo forest and jungle adjacent to the Cambodian border in western Tay Ninh Province, the highly mobile VC were not easy to find, and encounters with them could be sudden and deadly. Early on the morning of March 3, 1967, Third Platoon, C Company, 2-503rd set out on an all-day search and destroy mission from their company's night defensive position (NDP). While revisiting an area where contact with the enemy was made the day before, the platoon was ambushed after they observed and began pursuing a solitary VC fleeing down a trail. Thinking they had an easy "kill," the VC led them into a well-planned kill zone. An estimated Viet Cong company opened fire with small arms, automatic weapons, and Claymore mines. The point element suffered heavy casualties and was pinned down when calls went out to the NDP for help. A reaction force from Second Platoon raced to their location. Radio contact was lost with the patrol during the half-hour it took before they found the first American, lying dead on a trail with his arms outstretched. Next to him lay a jammed M16 rifle. Further down they found a small clearing where five survivors huddled together. In front of them were fifteen dead, many hit multiple times. Several of them died trying to pull back their wounded comrades. While policing up the battle area, of the fallen fifteen, nine had jammed M16's. The dead and two wounded were carried in ponchos slung to bamboo stalks to a hastily cut landing zone. Two enemy dead were found. Green, a medic, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for valor during the battle; Stalter received the Bronze Star. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and SGT Stalter's Bronze Star medal citation; also, the book "Blood on the Risers" by John Leppelman]
The lost personnel included:
PVT Lawrence Strack
PFC Charles B. Alandt
PFC Charles H. Bennett
1LT Welborn A. Callahan Jr.
PFC Paul W. Curran
PFC Michael J. Drake
PFC Michael L. Ebald
SSG Melvin C. Gaines
PFC Earl S. Garrison
SP4 Moses Green
SSG Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
PFC James A. Skiles
SGT John R. Stalter
Local Deaths and Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, Wednesday Evening, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths, Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, March 11, 1967, Page 10
Funeral Notices: SAEZ-RAMIREZ – Funeral services for Sgt. Angel P. Saez-Ramirez will be held Monday at 2 P.M. from the Main Post Catholic church with Chaplain John Diez officiating. Interment will be in the Post Cemetery with full military honors accorded. Sgt. Saez-Ramirez is survived by his wife Jeraldine (Geraldine) Johnson Saez-Ramirez, two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez) and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, Miss Carmen Maria Saez-Ramirez and Miss Ana Maria Saez-Ramirez, both of Brooklyn, New York; three brothers, Jose Manuel Saez-Ramirez and Carlos Luis Saez-Ramirez, both of Puerto Rico and Jose Ernesto Saez-Ramirez of Brooklyn, New York.
STRIFFLER-HAMBY
==========
During Operation Junction City I, airborne troops of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade sought the Viet Cong's (VC) elusive "headquarters" of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam. Searching in thick bamboo forest and jungle adjacent to the Cambodian border in western Tay Ninh Province, the highly mobile VC were not easy to find, and encounters with them could be sudden and deadly. Early on the morning of March 3, 1967, Third Platoon, C Company, 2-503rd set out on an all-day search and destroy mission from their company's night defensive position (NDP). While revisiting an area where contact with the enemy was made the day before, the platoon was ambushed after they observed and began pursuing a solitary VC fleeing down a trail. Thinking they had an easy "kill," the VC led them into a well-planned kill zone. An estimated Viet Cong company opened fire with small arms, automatic weapons, and Claymore mines. The point element suffered heavy casualties and was pinned down when calls went out to the NDP for help. A reaction force from Second Platoon raced to their location. Radio contact was lost with the patrol during the half-hour it took before they found the first American, lying dead on a trail with his arms outstretched. Next to him lay a jammed M16 rifle. Further down they found a small clearing where five survivors huddled together. In front of them were fifteen dead, many hit multiple times. Several of them died trying to pull back their wounded comrades. While policing up the battle area, of the fallen fifteen, nine had jammed M16's. The dead and two wounded were carried in ponchos slung to bamboo stalks to a hastily cut landing zone. Two enemy dead were found. Green, a medic, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for valor during the battle; Stalter received the Bronze Star. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and SGT Stalter's Bronze Star medal citation; also, the book "Blood on the Risers" by John Leppelman]
The lost personnel included:
PVT Lawrence Strack
PFC Charles B. Alandt
PFC Charles H. Bennett
1LT Welborn A. Callahan Jr.
PFC Paul W. Curran
PFC Michael J. Drake
PFC Michael L. Ebald
SSG Melvin C. Gaines
PFC Earl S. Garrison
SP4 Moses Green
SSG Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
PFC James A. Skiles
SGT John R. Stalter
The Columbus (Georgia) Enquirer, Wednesday Morning, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths and Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, Wednesday Evening, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths, Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, March 11, 1967, Page 10
Funeral Notices: SAEZ-RAMIREZ – Funeral services for Sgt. Angel P. Saez-Ramirez will be held Monday at 2 P.M. from the Main Post Catholic church with Chaplain John Diez officiating. Interment will be in the Post Cemetery with full military honors accorded. Sgt. Saez-Ramirez is survived by his wife Jeraldine (Geraldine) Johnson Saez-Ramirez, two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez) and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, Miss Carmen Maria Saez-Ramirez and Miss Ana Maria Saez-Ramirez, both of Brooklyn, New York; three brothers, Jose Manuel Saez-Ramirez and Carlos Luis Saez-Ramirez, both of Puerto Rico and Jose Ernesto Saez-Ramirez of Brooklyn, New York.
STRIFFLER-HAMBY
==========
During Operation Junction City I, airborne troops of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade sought the Viet Cong's (VC) elusive "headquarters" of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam. Searching in thick bamboo forest and jungle adjacent to the Cambodian border in western Tay Ninh Province, the highly mobile VC were not easy to find, and encounters with them could be sudden and deadly. Early on the morning of March 3, 1967, Third Platoon, C Company, 2-503rd set out on an all-day search and destroy mission from their company's night defensive position (NDP). While revisiting an area where contact with the enemy was made the day before, the platoon was ambushed after they observed and began pursuing a solitary VC fleeing down a trail. Thinking they had an easy "kill," the VC led them into a well-planned kill zone. An estimated Viet Cong company opened fire with small arms, automatic weapons, and Claymore mines. The point element suffered heavy casualties and was pinned down when calls went out to the NDP for help. A reaction force from Second Platoon raced to their location. Radio contact was lost with the patrol during the half-hour it took before they found the first American, lying dead on a trail with his arms outstretched. Next to him lay a jammed M16 rifle. Further down they found a small clearing where five survivors huddled together. In front of them were fifteen dead, many hit multiple times. Several of them died trying to pull back their wounded comrades. While policing up the battle area, of the fallen fifteen, nine had jammed M16's. The dead and two wounded were carried in ponchos slung to bamboo stalks to a hastily cut landing zone. Two enemy dead were found. Green, a medic, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for valor during the battle; Stalter received the Bronze Star. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and SGT Stalter's Bronze Star medal citation; also, the book "Blood on the Risers" by John Leppelman]
The lost personnel included:
PVT Lawrence Strack
PFC Charles B. Alandt
PFC Charles H. Bennett
1LT Welborn A. Callahan Jr.
PFC Paul W. Curran
PFC Michael J. Drake
PFC Michael L. Ebald
SSG Melvin C. Gaines
PFC Earl S. Garrison
SP4 Moses Green
SSG Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
PFC James A. Skiles
SGT John R. Stalter
Local Deaths and Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, Wednesday Evening, March 8, 1967, Page 2
Local Deaths, Funerals: Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
Staff Sgt. Angel P. Ramirez, 34, of 2708 Broadmoor Drive, was killed in action in Vietnam on March 2.
He had been in Vietnam for three and a half months with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Born in Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1932, he had lived in Columbus for five years. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez), two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, and three brothers.
The Columbus (Georgia) Ledger, March 11, 1967, Page 10
Funeral Notices: SAEZ-RAMIREZ – Funeral services for Sgt. Angel P. Saez-Ramirez will be held Monday at 2 P.M. from the Main Post Catholic church with Chaplain John Diez officiating. Interment will be in the Post Cemetery with full military honors accorded. Sgt. Saez-Ramirez is survived by his wife Jeraldine (Geraldine) Johnson Saez-Ramirez, two daughters, Miss Angelia Betty Saez-Ramirez (daughter of Betty June Stovall Saez) and Miss Allison Lisa Saez-Ramirez, and a son, Billy Saez-Ramirez, all of Columbus; his mother, Mrs. Justina Saez-Ramirez, Puerto Rico; two sisters, Miss Carmen Maria Saez-Ramirez and Miss Ana Maria Saez-Ramirez, both of Brooklyn, New York; three brothers, Jose Manuel Saez-Ramirez and Carlos Luis Saez-Ramirez, both of Puerto Rico and Jose Ernesto Saez-Ramirez of Brooklyn, New York.
STRIFFLER-HAMBY
==========
During Operation Junction City I, airborne troops of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade sought the Viet Cong's (VC) elusive "headquarters" of the Communist uprising in South Vietnam. Searching in thick bamboo forest and jungle adjacent to the Cambodian border in western Tay Ninh Province, the highly mobile VC were not easy to find, and encounters with them could be sudden and deadly. Early on the morning of March 3, 1967, Third Platoon, C Company, 2-503rd set out on an all-day search and destroy mission from their company's night defensive position (NDP). While revisiting an area where contact with the enemy was made the day before, the platoon was ambushed after they observed and began pursuing a solitary VC fleeing down a trail. Thinking they had an easy "kill," the VC led them into a well-planned kill zone. An estimated Viet Cong company opened fire with small arms, automatic weapons, and Claymore mines. The point element suffered heavy casualties and was pinned down when calls went out to the NDP for help. A reaction force from Second Platoon raced to their location. Radio contact was lost with the patrol during the half-hour it took before they found the first American, lying dead on a trail with his arms outstretched. Next to him lay a jammed M16 rifle. Further down they found a small clearing where five survivors huddled together. In front of them were fifteen dead, many hit multiple times. Several of them died trying to pull back their wounded comrades. While policing up the battle area, of the fallen fifteen, nine had jammed M16's. The dead and two wounded were carried in ponchos slung to bamboo stalks to a hastily cut landing zone. Two enemy dead were found. Green, a medic, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for valor during the battle; Stalter received the Bronze Star. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and SGT Stalter's Bronze Star medal citation; also, the book "Blood on the Risers" by John Leppelman]
The lost personnel included:
PVT Lawrence Strack
PFC Charles B. Alandt
PFC Charles H. Bennett
1LT Welborn A. Callahan Jr.
PFC Paul W. Curran
PFC Michael J. Drake
PFC Michael L. Ebald
SSG Melvin C. Gaines
PFC Earl S. Garrison
SP4 Moses Green
SSG Angel P. Saez-Ramirez
PFC James A. Skiles
SGT John R. Stalter
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