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RANDOLPH MARTIN VANHOOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – June 9, 1970
Service recordRandolph Martin Vanhook, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 36
- JOHN CARL VAUGHNCaptain · June 9, 1970
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- GEORGE OLIVER WILKERSONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1970
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 35
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 36
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.