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DAVID LEROY RAMSAY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 25, 1938 – August 17, 1970
Service recordDavid Leroy Ramsay, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 120
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven 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 120
- SCOTT EDWARD SCHNEIDERCaptain · August 17, 1970
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- PHILLIP ROGERSON WELLONSMajor · August 17, 1970
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.