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ALAN RYAN RAMSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordAlan Ryan Ramsey, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 36
- ROBERT LEROY ANDERSLieutenant · February 2, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- RICKY CURTIS BRADLEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 39
- ASA MARTIN JRPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 41
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 42
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 42
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.