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CRAIG NORMAN DEMICHELLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1950 – February 27, 1969
Service recordCraig Norman Demichelle, of Fresh Meadows, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 78
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Fresh Meadows, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 78
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- ELROY MORRISLance Corporal · February 27, 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.