Thread: Border Patrol Seeks Family of Fallen Agent

Border Patrol seeks family of fallen agent

Associated Press - May 8, 2009 8:55 AM ET

COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is asking for the public's help in finding any relatives of a border patrol inspector who died in the line of duty in February 1942.

Officials plan to honor Ralph W. Ramsey by naming a new forward operating base west of Columbus after him.

Ramsey was 27 when he died while attempting to board a freight train in search of illegal immigrants. He was stationed in Columbus when the accident happened.

Officials say research revealed an article in a 1942 edition of the Deming Graphic regarding Ramsey. It mentioned his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mechem of Westbrook, and in-laws Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gage of Big Spring, Texas.

Anyone with information about Ramsey's surviving relatives is asked to contact the Border Patrol's El Paso sector.

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I wsih I could help with information. I pray the border patrol will find his family.