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JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1946 – January 31, 1966
Service recordJoseph Anthony Randazzo, of Modesto, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 125
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · January 31, 1966
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · January 31, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · January 31, 1966
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.