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MILTON HARDIN RAMSEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 15, 1937 – March 1, 1971
Service recordMilton Hardin Ramsey, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 1, 1971, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 14
- KARL RAY GANTZAirman First Class · March 1, 1971
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KARL RAY GANTZAirman First Class · Panel 4W, Line 14
- ALBERT TIJERINA JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.