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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles Marlin Ramsey.

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CHARLES MARLIN RAMSEY

Sergeant · U.S. Army

August 21, 1948 – June 5, 1969

Service record

Charles Marlin Ramsey, of New Boston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23W · Line 78

Position of Panel 23W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
August 21, 1948
Home of record
New Boston, Texas (Bowie County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 5, 1969
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 23W, Line 78

Same unit, same day

From New Boston

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.