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RANDALL KEITH NAUERTZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordRandall Keith Nauertz, of Altoona, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Altoona, Wisconsin (Eau Claire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 40
- LOUIS ANTHONY TAYLORPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- DAVID JOHN WILCOXLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- JACK BERKEBILELieutenant · November 23, 1968
- DAVID IVAN BRIGGSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.