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SONEY RAMEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 29, 1921 – August 7, 1968
Service recordSoney Ramey, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 7, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 29, 1921
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- EMMETT DENEEN MCLELLANSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEIGH PIPERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.