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RANDOLPH BURNS MCKELLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1950 – February 23, 1971
Service recordRandolph Burns McKellips, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 132
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 27 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Cocoa Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 132
- JAMES EUGENE BARTONSpecialist Five · February 23, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
From Cocoa Beach
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- ORIE JOHN DUBBELD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.