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RANDALL LAWRENCE BROCKWAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1944 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRandall Lawrence Brockway, of Burlington, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 29 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 89
- ANDREW LEE BELFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE BELVERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT LLOYD BENNETTSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFORD HARLESS ALDERMANSpecialist Five · Panel 32W, Line 87
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 87
- HOWARD ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 88
- JAMES ALLEN AZBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 88
- LARRY DALE BARKERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 88
- CARL FRANK BELDING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 88
- JOHN C BROWNINGSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 91
- ROBERT RONALD BUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- JOHN ALLEN BUSCHKESergeant · Panel 32W, Line 91
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CASWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 93
- PAUL FRANKLIN CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 93
- MARVIN DEWAYNE CANTERBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 94
- CURTIS DARRISAWSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 95
- GEORGE LEWIS DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 95
- JOHN HENRY DAVISCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 95
- RANDOLPH EUBANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 97
- DONALD WILLIAM HALLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 2
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 2
- ROOSEVELT HARDY JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 3
- ROBERT WILLARD HARTSOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 3
- DOUGLAS LEE HINKLESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 4
- GARY EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 5
- ROBERT LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 6
- JAMES WILLIAM LEAFSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 8
From Burlington
- LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCKLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- RICKY GENE HALLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
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.