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RANDY TRUMAN KENDLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1950 – May 12, 1969
Service recordRandy Truman Kendle, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Greencastle, Pennsylvania (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 76
- WILLIAM LEE LUTZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 59
- DENNIS MICHAEL GUILMETTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 70
- JAMES EDWARD ISAAC JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 72
- ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTTSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 84
- EDSEL WAYNE STEAGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 86
- RICHARD ALAN WHYTESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 86
From Greencastle
- OMAR DAVID WITMER JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · October 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE BOWMANSpecialist Six · March 15, 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.