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RANDELL GENE TRAIL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1944 – October 26, 1965
Service recordRandell Gene Trail, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 136
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 136
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GENDEBIENFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1965
- JOHN BUNCE MCHALEFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1965
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- WILLIAM JENNINGS TEBOWCaptain · October 26, 1965
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
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.