Second Lieutenant Ralph Roger Ramaker | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Ralph Roger Ramaker

Graduating Class of 1942
Served in World War II

Second Lieutenant
Ralph Roger Ramaker

Army
873rd Bombardment Squadron
498th Bomber Group
Very Heavy

Hometown

Sheboygan, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Pacific Ocean

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Unknown

More About Second Lieutenant Ramaker

Second Lieutenant Ramaker, Jr. was killed when B-29 Serial number 42-24605 (nicknamed "The Heats On") ditched in the Pacific Ocean after attacking aircraft factories in Tokyo. He is now memorialized at Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was award the Air Medal and Purple Heart.