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EDDIE SAM RANDALL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1943 – March 15, 1970
Service recordEddie Sam Randall JR, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 1
- HAROLD OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · March 15, 1970
- MICHAEL ANDREW ROMEROLance Corporal · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID WALDENCaptain · March 15, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 130
- HAROLD OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 1
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.