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ROY CARLAS RANSOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordRoy Carlas Ransom, of Fairdale, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 117
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairdale, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 117
- DICKIE WALTER REAGANSergeant · May 6, 1970
- MITCHELL ROBINSONCorporal · May 6, 1970
- GARY FOSTER SNYDERSergeant First Class · May 6, 1970
- REFUGIO THOMAS TERANStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.