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BILL EDWARD RAMSEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1934 – October 31, 1968
Service recordBill Edward Ramsey JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 67
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 67
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.