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RANDALL JAMES CRADDOCK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 19, 1945 – December 21, 1972
Service recordRandall James Craddock, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 98
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1235C)
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 98
- CHARLES EDWARD DARRMajor · December 21, 1972
- DELMA ERNEST DICKENSCaptain · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTTSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 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.