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Ramos Frank M.

Name:
Frank M. Ramos
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-666348
Unit:
India-China Wing, Air Transport Command
Date of Death:
1944-01-31
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal
Comments:

Frank M. Ramos was born on September 4, 1918 in Kansas. He resided in Travis County, Texas & was a member of the Texas National Guard prior to the war. His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on November 25, 1940, prior to the war, from Austin, Texas. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a Salesperson and also as Single, without dependents. Frank served as a First Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on C-87 #41-23862, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

C-87 #41-23862 took off from Kunming, China on a Cargo Transport Mission to Jorhat, India. The C-87 was not heard from or seen again. They were later found, in 1994, to have crashed, possibly due to icing weather, on a mountainside near Lhasa, China where they had been covered by snow and ice for many years. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 18, 1946. Frank was first declared "Missing In Action" and his status was changed to "Killed In Action" once his remains were recovered. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.

Frank's remains were recovered in 1994 and he is now interred in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia in a common grave with his crew. It is unknown why the different date on the group headstone in Arlington is shown. He also has a cenotaph located in the Arlington National Cemetery and Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland.

1Lt Ramos was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov