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JAMES EDWARD RAMSBY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1944 – March 6, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Ramsby, of Milford, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Milford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 61
- CLINTON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1969
- CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMSCorporal · March 6, 1969
- GLENN S WINGENBACH JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM WALLACE ABSHEARSergeant · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 53
- DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 56
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 56
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 59
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 60
From Milford
- MILTON JAMES VESCELIUS JRCaptain · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS SIMCOCK HUBBELLCaptain · December 27, 1967
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
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.