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CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1944 – September 2, 1967
Service recordCraig Eric McCorkle, of Mt Holly, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 25E, Line 88
- WAYNE IVAN MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES MCGEE IVLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- HOLLIS RAY MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD NORBUTLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 82
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 84
- JAMES EMORY MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 86
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 89
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 90
From Mt Holly
- JOHN GRADY WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · May 4, 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.