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DAVID WILLIAM RANSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordDavid William Ranson, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · April 7, 1969
- RICHARD LEE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · April 7, 1969
- WILFRED GERALD SAMPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
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.