First Name: Ken
Last Name: Ransbottom
Middle Initial:
Date of Birth: N/A
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Married
Number of Children: 2
Home Town: Gilead, Ohio
Education Completed: Not Sure
Other Occupations:
Branch of Service: Marines
Highest Rank: Cpl.
Serial Number: N/A
Platoon: N/A
Age at Start of Service: Not Sure
Years of Service: 5 to 10
Combat Veteran: Yes
Time in Combat: Not Sure
Place of Combat: N/A
Awards:
Year of Suicide: 1996
Suicide Method: Shot himself.
Veteran’s Story: Ken is in the book No Shinning Armor, by Otto Lehrack.
Submitted By: John Mick
Relationship to Veteran: Comrade
