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RANDY ALLEN FLESHMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 27, 1951 – July 31, 1971
Service recordRandy Allen Fleshman, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 119
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 119
- RANDY LEE CAYLORSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- EVERETT EUGENE DELONG JRSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSISSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · July 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 118
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 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.