Irving Burns Ramsower II

Vietnam War
Unit16th Special Operations Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMathis Texas
Date of DeathMarch 29 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Ramsower was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On March 29, 1972, he was the pilot of a Spectre Attack Aircraft Gunship II (AC-130A) on a night reconnaissance mission 56 miles east of Savannakhet in southern Laos. The aircraft was shot down by a Russian surface to air missile. His remains were recovered on March 1, 1986 and identified on February 12, 2008. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.