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JAMES TERRY RANSTEAD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1943 – January 22, 1968
Service recordJames Terry Ranstead, of Miami, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- January 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Miami, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 11
- THOMAS LEE COTTRELLLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEON JOHNSONCorporal · January 22, 1968
- DALE SCOTT PUISHISSpecialist Four · January 22, 1968
- GARY LEE SAXTONLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
From Miami
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- THOMAS DALE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- GARY BRUCE MIDKIFFSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LEONARD ELZY EULITTPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DONALD LEE RANKINSCorporal · June 12, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- LONNIE EUGENE DUMASSergeant · December 29, 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.