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RANDALL BINGHAM CHOATE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1949 – August 3, 1968
Service recordRandall Bingham Choate, of Concord, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 3
- NATHANIEL BUGGS JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- LARRY B BUZZARDCorporal · August 3, 1968
- JAMES BLACK COOKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- SERVESTON DEVON POPEPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.