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CRAIG NOLAN MAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordCraig Nolan May, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 89
- JAMES IRVIN MILLERLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- JONATHAN MISKIMMON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- RAINER K MORGANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DONALD BARRYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 79
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 1968
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.