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RANDELL HOOD LOY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – September 4, 1968
Service recordRandell Hood Loy, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 38
- JIMMY LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY LUCASSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- GERALD DEVER POCHELPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 35
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 35
- JAMES EDWARD BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 36
- ROBERT JAN COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 36
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 37
- DAROL EDWARD LAWRENZCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 37
- ROBERT DALE LITTERIOSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 37
- BRUCE JOHN GREENWOODCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 39
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
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.