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RANDY LEE MAST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRandy Lee Mast, of Marshalltown, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 15
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN MEIROSECorporal · June 5, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- VINCENT PATRICK MURPHY JRSergeant · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 12
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 14
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Marshalltown
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN RUTGERSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.