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BRADFORD GREG RACEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 15, 1950 – April 11, 1970
Service recordBradford Greg Racey, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 125
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 125
- LEO MCEACHERNStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- PATRICK MICHAEL NEVILLEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- DANNY GILBERT RUYBALCorporal · April 11, 1970
- ROSENDO FLORES SILBASPrivate · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 122
- ALONZO GARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 123
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.