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JOHN NORMENT RANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1946 – December 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Norment Ranson, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 83
- BRUCE ALLEN MCCORMICKSergeant · December 22, 1969
- GERALD E NIEWENHOUS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- PETER PAUL PARNELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 22, 1969
- CHARLES RANSOME RAINESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 81
- PETER PAUL PARNELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 83
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 84
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.