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RANDALL ALLEN HENZE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1943 – February 22, 1968
Service recordRandall Allen Henze, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 63
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- HENRY HERNDON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES LARRY HOLLANDCorporal · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 58
- RICHARD AGUIRRE CONTRERASPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 60
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 64
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 65
- LARRY DEAN POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 67
- LEE G TOLLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 69
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.