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CRAIG ARTHUR RICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordCraig Arthur Rich, of Brighton, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Brighton, Iowa (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 32
- LARRY DENNIS CALLAGHANSergeant · July 21, 1968
- RONALD GLEN NOBLECorporal · August 26, 1968
- FRED OMAR PRATTFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REITERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 29
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 29
- KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 30
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.