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RANDY DEWITT OLIVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordRandy Dewitt Oliver, of Leesville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 92
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Leesville, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 May 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 92
- MICHELE LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHNNY LISBONStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL CARTER NELSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 91
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 93
From Leesville
- MARION LUTHER OXNERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALVIN JOSEPH DERRICKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
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.