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JAMES LAVERNE RANDALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1950 – March 10, 1971
Service recordJames Laverne Randall, of Addison, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Addison, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 36
- GARY HERBERT ROBISONCorporal · March 10, 1971
- CURTIS RICHARD SMOOTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1971
- GORDON KEITH SPEARMAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1971
- EDMOND DAVID BILBREYCaptain · March 11, 1971
From Addison
- TRACY WALLACE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.