Randall Paul Manela
Corporal
H&S CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Eugene, Oregon May 14, 1951 to November 18, 1970 RANDALL P MANELA is on the Wall at Panel W6, Line 68 |
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My father, Sergeant James A. Drummond, named me after Randall. Randall P. Drummond |
A Note from The Virtual WallIn mid-November 1970 a recon team from the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion got in trouble while on patrol: their Corpsman broke his leg, necessitating that the team be extracted. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 was tasked with extracting them, a task that turned out to be impossible for two days.On the third day, in CH-46D (BuNo 154837), the HMM-263 crew succeeded in picking up the eight-man team - but all fifteen men aboard the CH-46 died when it collided with a mountainside after the extraction. Three of the crewmen were from HMM-263, two from H&MS-16; the Commanding Officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion was aboard, as well as the extracted team.
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