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RANDALL FRANK KASER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – August 11, 1969
Service recordRandall Frank Kaser, of Liberty, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Liberty, Indiana (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 3
- BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHTCorporal · August 11, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- RANDOLPH LOUIS LARSONSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN DARYL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 2
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 4
- BRADLEY LOUIS SINNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 5
From Liberty
- KIM RANDLE PARLIAMENTCorporal · April 15, 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.