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CRAIG MARATTA
Private · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – October 7, 1970
Service recordCraig Maratta, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 118
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 118
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1970
- JOE HAROLD MORRISONSpecialist Four · October 7, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD SILVERNAILStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM BEEBECaptain · October 8, 1970
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
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.