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RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – November 3, 1967
Service recordRandall Wayne Ernsberger, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 13
- RICHARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- TRACY LEE WHOOLERYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 15
- FRANK J PAPASpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 16
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 17
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.