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ROBERT RANDEL HUFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Randel Huff, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 7
- GARY ARZA HUSTEDLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- KENNETH MARVIN ILERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- JAMES CLARENCE JEWELL JRCorporal · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TRISTAL MACIASCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 9
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 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.