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PHILIP HENRY RADECKI
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 16, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordPhilip Henry Radecki, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 7, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 30
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 30
- WAYNE PAUL PUMASergeant · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- DUANE FRANCIS REDTKEPetty Officer Third Class · May 7, 1968
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.