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DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1950 – January 10, 1969
Service recordDouglas Le Roy Ranshaw, of Evart, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Evart, Michigan (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 67
- ARTHUR ROY SPROTT JRMajor · January 10, 1969
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY SWISHERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CURTIS FITZWATERSergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 64
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Evart
- THOMAS EMINGS SMITHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
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.