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ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRobert John Randall JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 89
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; eight 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 89
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · May 23, 1969
- ANDREW WILLIAM RICE JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 84
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 90
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.