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STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1943 – June 1, 1968
Service recordSteven George Ramsey, of Teaneck, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Teaneck, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 6
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE SAKELLARISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- NILE DEAN SHUMATESergeant · June 1, 1968
- MARTINIS GENE TIPTONPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
From Teaneck
- JAMES R TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 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.