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RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1942 – January 14, 1968
Service recordRandall Douglas Yeary, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 48
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 48
- BILLY G COLLINSStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1968
- DOUGLAS E GOOGINS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- NOLAN DONALD HABERMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HARRISLance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN HEALYCorporal · January 14, 1968
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 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.