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DALE HAROLD RANTHUM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1939 – December 20, 1968
Service recordDale Harold Ranthum, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 53
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · December 20, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIAPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- THOMAS GARY SIKESFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROBERT HUDSON JRSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 51
- FLOYD NEWTON MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 52
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.