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JOHN RANDY TENNANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Randy Tennant, of Fairview, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 71
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
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairview, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 68
- LARRY CHARLES KOSKISpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 69
From Fairview
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
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.