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RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 23, 1937 – April 13, 1966
Service recordRandolph Paul Vedros, of Mountain View, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 110
- LLOYD FIELDS JRStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- RICHARD FRANCIS MALOYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
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.