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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Randolph McCormick.

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THOMAS RANDOLPH MCCORMICK

Captain · U.S. Air Force

November 14, 1943 – May 10, 1969

Service record

Thomas Randolph McCormick, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24W · Line 101

Position of Panel 24W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Born
November 14, 1943
Home of record
Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 10, 1969
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 24W, Line 101

From Santa Monica

All 23 names from Santa Monica →

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.