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RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – July 6, 1967
Service recordRandall Kerwin Russell, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 22
- RICHARD FRANKLIN HAWKSCorporal · July 5, 1967
- DONALD CLEAVER PIKESergeant · July 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PRICESergeant · July 6, 1967
- JETTIE RIVERS JRFirst Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- FRANK IRA RIVIERESergeant · July 6, 1967
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.