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RODNEY KENT RANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordRodney Kent Ranson, of Salt Rock, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Rock, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 103
- WALTER A RENELTColonel · November 20, 1969
- BARRY JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- JON ARNOLD TURNERAirman · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 97
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 98
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 98
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 99
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 99
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 100
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · Panel 16W, Line 101
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 101
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
From Salt Rock
- DANIEL PESIMERSergeant · March 31, 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.