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RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordRichard Manford Randolph, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 26
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 26
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD RUSSELL REVOIRPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PHILLIP DAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- ROBERT GLENN SEKVACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 24
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
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.