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NAME Frederic Haynes Ramsey |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-4951 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston Detachment Commander |
HOME OF RECORD 4868 Delmonte Avenue San Diego, CA |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Patricia Ramsey |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1910 at Portland, OR |
ENTERED SERVICE September 27, 1930 (enlisted) March 24, 1934 (commissioned) |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 alt. February 28, 1942 |
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| REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead March 1, 1943 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Captain Ramsey was the commanding officer of the Marine detachment aboard the USS Houston. On the night of 28 February 1942, the Houston was engaged by a superior Japanese fleet in the Java Sea. After a ferocious fight, the Houston went down in the waters of Sunda Strait. Several hundred of her complement escaped the sinking ship and struggled in the water for hours before being picked up and taken prisoner. Captain Ramsey was seen in the water wearing his life preserver but was not reported as a prisoner of war, and likely drowned or was killed in the aftermath of the sinking. He was declared dead by the Secretary of the Navy on 1 March, 1943. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Captain |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR Manila American Cemetery |
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