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CRAIG PYPER FIELDING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordCraig Pyper Fielding, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 67
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 67
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · April 1, 1970
- JAMES JACOB BYSZEKPrivate First Class · July 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 65
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 73
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.