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JOSEPH PAUL RANDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – May 5, 1967
Service recordJoseph Paul Rando, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 45
- WOODROW WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- JAMES ARMAND PLUMMERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- RICKEY DON REVLANDPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · Panel 19E, Line 42
- PAUL J HICKSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 43
- MELVIN ONEAL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19E, Line 44
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 45
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 46
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 46
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 47
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 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.