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RANDY LEE CAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1951 – July 31, 1971
Service recordRandy Lee Caylor, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1971, in Quang Tin 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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 119
- EVERETT EUGENE DELONG JRSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSISSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- RANDY ALLEN FLESHMANSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · July 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 119
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 119
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.