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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Randall Lee McIntosh.

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RANDALL LEE MCINTOSH

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 22, 1948 – August 11, 1967

Service record

Randall Lee McIntosh, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 100

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
October 22, 1948
Home of record
Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 11, 1967
Age
18
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 100

Same unit, same day

From Phoenix

All 207 names from Phoenix →

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.