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ANTHONY LOUIS RAMSEY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1949 – August 10, 1970
Service recordAnthony Louis Ramsey, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 102
- GRANT REED WAUGHMajor · August 10, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE WHITMORECaptain · August 10, 1970
- GARY JAMES WINTERSergeant · August 10, 1970
- DONNIE DEWAYNE ASBURYPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.