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CRAIG ALAN SYSAK
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1951 – January 9, 1971
Service recordCraig Alan Sysak, of San Pedro, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1951
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 36
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 9, 1971
- WILLARD EVERETT WOODYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
- BARRY HOWARD BERGERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
- CECIL EUCLED CALLANDERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 35
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 36
- WILLARD EVERETT WOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 36
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 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.