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RANDALL JAMES CADENHEAD
Private · U.S. Army
November 18, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRandall James Cadenhead, of Elizabeth, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Indiana (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 71
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · May 17, 1966
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Elizabeth
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · June 17, 1967
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.