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EARLIE RAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1942 – May 3, 1967
Service recordEarlie Rand, of Prichard, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 26
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- DARYL LINN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 21
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- GARY NOBORU KAWAMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 28
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 33
From Prichard
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · June 17, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 1968
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.