On April 30, 1967, elements of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment assaulted Hill 881 near Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. The Marines suffered several casualties during the assault, and at one point were forced to withdraw from the hill without evacuating the bodies of some of the Marines who were killed in action. The hill was then subject to intense air and artillery bombardment.

Private First Class Randy Neal McPhee entered the U.S. Marine Corps from California and served with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. During the assault on Hill 881 near Khe Sanh on April 30, 1967, he was wounded and ultimately killed by enemy fire in the vicinity of (GC) XD 776 438. His unit could not recover his body when they pulled back off the hill, and later searches of the battle area did not locate his remains. He is unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class McPhee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit.

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