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JOHN MICHAEL RANDALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – May 20, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Randall, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 61
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 61
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSONCorporal · May 20, 1969
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DALE GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN WAYNE HAIREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 59
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.