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RANDOLPH VINCENT RHEA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – November 12, 1969
Service recordRandolph Vincent Rhea, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 66
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 66
- DANIEL FRANCIS LYNCH JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · November 12, 1969
- LIONEL EUGENE PARSONSCaptain · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1969
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.