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RANDALL CHARLES SHORT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1949 – May 24, 1971
Service recordRandall Charles Short, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 52
- TOM ROBERT ADLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GRUBERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- LEONARD OUTLAWChief Petty Officer · March 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RICHARD DEWEYCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 53
- GERALD MARTIN LUBBEHUSENSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 53
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
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.