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CURTIS H RANSDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – July 7, 1966
Service recordCurtis H Ransdell, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 6
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DANNY ROY SIMPSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 1
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- A T HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 4
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
From Farmington
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.