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VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1943 – February 7, 1968
Service recordVernon Chester Randolph, of Bettendorf, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Bettendorf, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 11
- RONALD ROBERT PRATHER JRSergeant · February 7, 1968
- ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE QUICKPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GUIDO SILVESTRO REALI JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 7, 1968
From Bettendorf
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- JAMES BLACK COOKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
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.