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FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOM
Major · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordFrederick Joel Ransbottom, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 11
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 11
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · May 12, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE RICKELSPrivate · May 12, 1968
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHNSON CRAVENSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 2
- JACKIE GLEN LEISUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 7
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 12
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.