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RODNEY LEE RANSOM
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1950 – September 2, 1968
Service recordRodney Lee Ransom, of Forest City, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 28
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- February 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Forest City, Pennsylvania (Susquehanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 28
- JACK CLARE PLUMBMajor · September 2, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
From Forest City
- LAWRENCE AUGUSTINE BERNESKIAirman First Class · October 16, 1967
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.