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RANDY CARROLL BRACKIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – September 1, 1970
Service recordRandy Carroll Brackin, of Headland, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Headland, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 29
- LORENZO FOXSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- LARRY GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- HENRY BENNY THOMASSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS PAUL ZERBAPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
From Headland
- DALLAS HENRY MOORESergeant · March 6, 1968
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.