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RANDELL L DOCKSTADER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – November 7, 1968
Service recordRandell L Dockstader, of Kanarraville, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 32
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
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Kanarraville, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 32
- DAVID WILLIAM BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- PHILIP DOMINIC K ENGLISHPetty Officer Third Class · November 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN EVANSSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- PHILLIP FELIX KAPLON JRCorporal · November 7, 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.