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ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1944 – May 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Crawford Ransom JR, of Bronxville, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Bronxville, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 25
- CHESTER J RADGOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 25
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Bronxville
- ROBERT MCKELLIP JRSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · March 12, 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.