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RONALD MITCHELL RANDALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1949 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRonald Mitchell Randall, of Seymour, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Seymour, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 1
- JEFFREY BERNARD SEGALCorporal · May 21, 1968
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ALTON LAMER SINGLETARYSergeant First Class · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLYN SOMMERHAUSERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
From Seymour
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.