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RANDALL ARBOGAST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – May 31, 1967
Service recordRandall Arbogast, of Valley Head, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Valley Head, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 20
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 21
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 22
- JOHN ANDREW JAKOVACStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- BRIAN KENT MCGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 24
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.