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SIMON RANDALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordSimon Randall, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 33
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · 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.