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THOMAS EARLE RAMSEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – December 15, 1968
Service recordThomas Earle Ramsey, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 27
- EARNEST EARL SHEFFIELDPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
- TEDDY RAY SININGERSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- JOHN MATHEW VITELLO JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.