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RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – April 23, 1967
Service recordRandall Brian Rainville, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 76
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JAMES LEROY RUSSELLSergeant · April 23, 1967
- FREDERICK CHARLES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLAYTON STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
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.