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RANDALL BREWARD PURDY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1946 – December 19, 1967
Service recordRandall Breward Purdy, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 26
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Briarcliff Manor, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 26
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- GARY LESLIE NORMANCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LOUIE PETE PINAPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- STEVEN NICHOLAS RADUCorporal · December 19, 1967
From Briarcliff Manor
- KENNETH LEWIS HIRST JRLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK CESARE DEUSEBIOFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
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.