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CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Owen Craig JR, of Plainfield, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 92
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 92
- BILL D CALLAHANSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- CLYDE CALLAHANChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1969
- RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JRCaptain · February 23, 1969
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · February 23, 1969
From Plainfield
- ROBERT CHARLES ROGERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- FRED EMERY CARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 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.