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RANDOLPH MICHAEL TARJANY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 23, 1942 – July 24, 1968
Service recordRandolph Michael Tarjany, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 3
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1942
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- 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 July 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 3
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · July 24, 1968
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.