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RANDELL FRANK SHANNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – September 28, 1966
Service recordRandell Frank Shannon, of Redding, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 27
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- LONNIE DAVID SPROUSESergeant · September 28, 1966
- DANNY GENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS TRUMAN HAYWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 25
- JULIO IGNACIO MARTIR-TORRESPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 26
From Redding
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
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.