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CRAIG JESSE DEVORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – July 8, 1968
Service recordCraig Jesse Devore, of Garfield, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 42
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Garfield, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 42
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- VAUGHN LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · Panel 53W, Line 42
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 44
- WILLIAM IRVIN TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 2
From Garfield
- JOSEPH STEPHEN LAFASOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- TYRONE HILLPrivate · May 12, 1968
- ANTHONY MANGANELLO JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- MARK JOHN STEPHANACSpecialist Five · September 14, 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.