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CRAIG BARRY GARIEPY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1944 – June 24, 1967
Service recordCraig Barry Gariepy, of Islip Terrace, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Islip Terrace, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 57
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- THOMAS MORTON DICKINSONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- NAMON HINES JRSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SHANKLINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
From Islip Terrace
- WILLIAM THOMAS GILROYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN RICETTICorporal · July 3, 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.