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ROBERT DORIAN CRANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1950 – December 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Dorian Cranson, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 129
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 129
- CLAYTON GEROME CRAIGSergeant · December 18, 1970
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- BRUCE GORDON SEMPSROTTPrivate First Class · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON GEROME CRAIGSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 129
- BRUCE GORDON SEMPSROTTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 129
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
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.