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RANDOLPH A EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRandolph A Edwards, of Corona, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 82
- JAMES WILLIAM DURHAM JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- MANZELLE ALAN FORDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JOHN GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYD JEFFERY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 11
- SAMUEL LUVENE SQUARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 15
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 18
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 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.