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JOHN RANDOLPH MCINTOSH
Major · U.S. Army
March 2, 1940 – August 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Randolph McIntosh, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 15
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 15
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ANTHONY MILLERCorporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS MOLYNEAUX JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.