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RANDY STEPHEN SCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRandy Stephen Schell, of Mt Wolf, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 27
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 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Wolf, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 27
- ANDREW JOSE PACHECOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- ARTHUR QUEZADAFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN RAVENCRAFTStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY CLYDE GEYERSergeant First Class · Panel 56W, Line 16
- ALVIN PETER CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 18
- CHARLIE VANCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 29
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 30
From Mt Wolf
- KENNETH LEROY HOLDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1967
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.