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MELVIN RENSELLAER RANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1944 – March 8, 1968
Service recordMelvin Rensellaer Ranson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 59
- WILLIAM T PUFFENBARGERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID MACK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- MARVIN NELSON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- GARY NOLAN SHYFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.