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RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1949 – July 5, 1968
Service recordRandall Michael Waugh, of Paramount, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 25
- JAMES TAYLORLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JON ROBERT WOODARDPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JAMES ARLIE WOODSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 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.