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RANDALL EDWARD RAMSDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – January 5, 1970
Service recordRandall Edward Ramsden, of La Salle, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 130
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- La Salle, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 130
- JOEL MICHAEL MAGRASSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- TOM ANDREW METCALFStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- EUGENIO ORTIZLance Corporal · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 128
- HERMAN PAUL SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 1
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 1
From La Salle
- PATRICK LAWRENCE HALEYCaptain · April 18, 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.