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RICHARD CHARLES RAMSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1944 – February 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Ramsey, of Sun Valley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Sun Valley, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 12
- DAVID KEITH POMEROYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON POOLEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DAVID M SCHASRESpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
From Sun Valley
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- STEVEN LARRY OSTROFFSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD BROWNCaptain · February 7, 1968
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.