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AMOS MARK CRAIGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1948 – October 12, 1970
Service recordAmos Mark Craige, of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 128
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (Snyder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 128
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONESergeant First Class · October 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ROYCE BORGHospitalman · October 12, 1970
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · October 12, 1970
From Selinsgrove
- KYLE TURNER HARRINGTONSergeant First Class · October 8, 1966
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.