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GRADY ISIAIAH CARRIKER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 29, 1940 – December 13, 1967
Service recordGrady Isiaiah Carriker JR, of Kittrell, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 86
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Kittrell, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 86
- DONALD RAY BURGESSPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL CARTERStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE COTTONMajor · December 13, 1967
- MELVIN EUGENE CROSSMANCorporal · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE COTTONMajor · Panel 31E, Line 86
- JAMES GOODWIN WHALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 89
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.