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RANSOM CRAIG CYR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRansom Craig Cyr, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 7
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motion Picture Specialist (84C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 7
- RICHARD EUGENE CUTBIRTHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CUTRILance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RAYMOND ANTHONY DANGELOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · May 28, 1968
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
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.