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RANDALL BRUCE BERNARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – September 21, 1971
Service recordRandall Bruce Bernard, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 22
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDBINPetty Officer Second Class · September 20, 1971
- JOSEPH BYRON POEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1971
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRYMaster Chief Petty Officer · September 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 23
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.