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RANDALL LEE PELL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – April 8, 1970
Service recordRandall Lee Pell, of Wabash, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 108
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
- Aircraft Safety Equipment Mechanic, A-4/Ta-4 (6082)
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Wabash, Indiana (Wabash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 108
- ARTANZIE NETHERLYPrivate · April 8, 1970
- LEONARD ARTHUR NITZSCHEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- LYNN ARTHUR OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN SCARBOROFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1970
From Wabash
- EVERETT GENE MILLERPlatoon Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM VICTOR BRINDLEAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND FULWIDERSergeant · January 8, 1968
- VICTOR LYNN POORPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
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.