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RANDALL PATRICK LESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRandall Patrick Less, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 64
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · Panel 43W, Line 65
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.