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CRAIG JAMES FOX
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 5, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordCraig James Fox, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 101
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 101
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- RAMON LEE GRAYSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 101
- RICHARD SHELDON MODENSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 103
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 104
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 106
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.