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MICHAEL RANSOM PAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1950 – September 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Ransom Page, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 57
- HOWARD OWENSSpecialist Five · September 21, 1968
- LEVERET ROSCOE PROSKYSergeant · September 21, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY REILSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- LEONARD F SKONIECKI JRSergeant · September 21, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.