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CRAIG BENTON WOLFORD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1929 – February 14, 1963
Service recordCraig Benton Wolford, of Columbus Junction, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Columbus Junction, Iowa (Louisa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1963
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1963. In February 1963, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 19
- CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARYPrivate · February 24, 1963
- ODES WINSTON JEFFERSSpecialist Five · February 28, 1963
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
From Columbus Junction
- BRIAN DUAINE MCCONAHAYAirman · July 29, 1967
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.