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MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – October 10, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Randall SR, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 42
- EMMETT SOMERS ORRTechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- RAY WILLIARD PHELPS JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- LOUIS JOSEPH RAMIREZSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 38
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 39
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 39
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHANSergeant First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 42
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 43
From Noblesville
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 1970
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.