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HAL RANDOLPH LONG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 17, 1968
Service recordHal Randolph Long, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 2
- JACOB JOHNSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH KILLION JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- JAMES L LANGSergeant · November 17, 1968
- JOHN KEITH MARSHALLLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 1
- MARTIN ELBY MENDOZASergeant · Panel 38W, Line 3
- AARON TAWILSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 5
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.