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RANDOLPH BROWN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1947 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRandolph Brown JR, of North Highlands, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 19
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 19
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- VINCENT COLASUONNOMajor · February 12, 1969
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.