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FRED BURKETT CRADDOCK JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1948 – August 29, 1967
Service recordFred Burkett Craddock JR, of Monticello, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 61
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
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Monticello, Arkansas (Drew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 61
- SHAREL EDWARD BALESFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
- RUSSELL REID BANNISTERSergeant · August 29, 1967
- RUTILIO PROFIRIO CORDOVASergeant · August 29, 1967
- JAY ROY NORMANSergeant · August 29, 1967
From Monticello
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE PAUL WALLCorporal · January 30, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE EDNEYCorporal · February 4, 1969
- GARRY WALLACE WARDLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · October 13, 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.