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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Randall Eugene Maggio.

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RANDALL EUGENE MAGGIO

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 9, 1950 – October 22, 1971

Service record

Randall Eugene Maggio, of Wonder Lake, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 2W · Line 48

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
November 9, 1950
Home of record
Wonder Lake, Illinois (Mchenry County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 22, 1971
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

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12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.