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ERNEST LEROY RAMSEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1936 – June 11, 1970
Service recordErnest Leroy Ramsey, of Plano, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 45
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications System Circuit Controller (32D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Plano, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 45
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
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.