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WILLIAM EDWARD RANC
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1939 – February 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Ranc, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 67
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- March 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 67
- AURELIO R RAMON JRSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT KENNETH RAYMONDPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM REID ROBSONLieutenant · February 6, 1968
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.