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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael James Randolph.

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MICHAEL JAMES RANDOLPH

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 30, 1949 – March 29, 1970

Service record

Michael James Randolph, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 58

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 30, 1949
Home of record
Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 29, 1970
Age
20
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 58

From Cumberland

All 29 names from Cumberland →

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.