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CARY CRADDOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1937 – May 4, 1966
Service recordCary Craddock, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DENHOFFPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- EDGAR SNOW DOLIBERSpecialist Six · May 4, 1966
- JOHN ARTHUR EDDYChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 4, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH JACKYMACKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 26
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.