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RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – May 28, 1965
Service recordRandolph Chester Holder, of Miami, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 126
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
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 126
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- RANDOLPH TRUMAN HICKSPrivate · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
- HAROLD GRANVILLE HUGHARTPrivate · January 29, 1966
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.