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JOHN LOUIS RAMSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Louis Ramsey, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 3
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 3
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1968
- JOE ALLEN REEDSergeant · May 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CONRAD SEEBODEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JOE ALLEN REEDSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 3
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
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.