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RANDALL KEITH TETER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – December 28, 1969
Service recordRandall Keith Teter, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 106
- TERRY ALLEN THORNTONCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID WALSHStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NEAL CUNNINGHAMSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 102
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.