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RICHARD DALE RANDOLPH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1950 – February 1, 1971
Service recordRichard Dale Randolph, of St Johns, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 73
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1950
- Home of record
- St Johns, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 73
- KEITH ARTHUR STODDARDPrivate · February 1, 1971
- MICHAEL PAUL AUSTINFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
- DARRELL WAYNE COWANSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
- ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 71
- GORDON LEE CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 71
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 72
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 72
From St Johns
- ROCKY RAND SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RONALD JAMES FITCHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
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.