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RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – July 8, 1970
Service recordRandolph Edwin Graves, of Cataula, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 130
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cataula, Georgia (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 130
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- TONY MANUEL FLOREZSergeant · July 8, 1970
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · July 8, 1970
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 131
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 133
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Cataula
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · August 11, 1969
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.