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RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRandolph Recardo Wilkins, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh 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 58E, Line 17
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · May 10, 1968
- JERRY WHITAKERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- LONNIE RAY YOUNGLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 12
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 13
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 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.