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DWIGHT FRANCIS RAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1945 – January 4, 1968
Service recordDwight Francis Rand, of Somerville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Somerville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 41
- NATHANIEL ROBERT ROSESergeant · January 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 34
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 35
- GREGORY ELLIS COXSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 35
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 39
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 40
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Somerville
- RICHARD JOSEPH VALLONEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES LOUIS MAGLIAROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · April 24, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRECHSpecialist Four · December 1, 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.