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RANDOLPH LEE MARTHE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1950 – March 31, 1971
Service recordRandolph Lee Marthe, of Esmond, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Esmond, North Dakota (Benson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 96
- RAPHAEL LORENZO COLLAZOSergeant · March 17, 1968
- DONALD RAY BAILEYCorporal · March 31, 1971
- ROBERT LEESpecialist Four · March 31, 1971
- HAROLD EDWIN MYERSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 98
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.