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CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPH
Private · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – May 24, 1969
Service recordCortez Allen Randolph, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 98
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster And Chemical Equipment Repairer (63J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 98
- STEPHEN LEWIS MCCARVELSergeant · May 24, 1969
- GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HOSKINS JRPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 95
- GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 98
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.