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MICHAEL RAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1929 – October 27, 1966
Service recordMichael Rand, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1929
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966. In October 1966, 516 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 11E, Line 119
- JAMES HAYES JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- HENRY LUCIWSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- KERMITT CHEVENE PARNELLPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARLIN EDWIN BEMBENEKSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 117
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 120
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.