Border Patrol Inspector Ralph W. Ramsey
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government

End of Watch: Thursday, February 26, 1942
Cause: Struck by train

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 8 months
Badge Number: Not available

Inspector Ramsey was killed when he fell underneath a train he was attempting to board in Columbus, New Mexico. He and another inspector were conducting checks of the train yard and noticed an open boxcar. While attempting to board the train he fell underneath a second traing which was travelling in the opposite direction.

Inspector Ramsey had been with the agency for eight months.

 
Photograph: Border Patrol Inspector Ralph W. Ramsey

Patch image: United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol, U.S. Government

Visit Border Patrol Inspector Ramsey's memorial at www.ODMP.org