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RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordRandolph Phillip Estrada, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 22
- JAMES ROY FISHERStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1968
- THOMAS WALTER FOYCaptain · May 15, 1968
- JOHN DUDLEY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- EDWARD FURTADO JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 17
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 19
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 21
- FRED WILLIAM MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 4
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.