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RANDALL CRAIG VANHAITSMA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 31, 1950 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRandall Craig Vanhaitsma, of Ada, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Ada, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 71
- MICHAEL JOHN MANIEREStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- DONALD J MORRISCaptain · May 20, 1970
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · May 20, 1970
- PETER JAMES PENNUCCICorporal · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CHARLES BRULECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- PETER JAMES PENNUCCICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 71
From Ada
- JAMES JOSEPH HEETHER IIPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- ABE RICHARD DEYOUNGSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · May 15, 1970
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.