PFC Carmen Vasquez Ramos

courtesy of Des Philippet

PFC Carmen Vasquez Ramos was born Juan Carmen Vasquez Ramos on 16 Jul 1910 in Santa-ana Pacueco, Guanajuato, Mexico. He entered the country at El Paso, Texas on 28 Sep 1926 and moved to Chicago, Illinois where he eventually became a section foreman at an iron foundry. He married Lucille Morales, also a native of Mexico, in Chicago on 28 Mar 1931. The couple lived at 1456 Washburne Avenue in Chicago.

Carmen was drafted in November 1943 and was trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia in C Company 3rd Infantry Training Battalion. On 13 Apr 1944 he was sworn in as a naturalized citizen of the United States. PVT Ramos was then sent to England, probably after a 14-day furlough to visit his wife in Chicago, and he was then moved on to the replacement depot. PVT Ramos was transferred from the replacement depot to H Company 116th Infantry on 21 Jul 1944. He was promoted to PFC on 11 Aug 1944. PFC Ramos continued to fight with H Company until killed in action in Germany on 22 Oct 1944.

PFC Ramos was interred in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.