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RANDY CHARLEY PARO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1950 – May 1, 1969
Service recordRandy Charley Paro, of Kohala, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Kohala, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 93
- LAWRENCE W PARRANTO JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD ROSSFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- FELIX JUAN SALASPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Kohala
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · June 23, 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.