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CRAIG STANLEY MUHICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – June 14, 1968
Service recordCraig Stanley Muhich, of Aurora, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 20
- ROYAL CHARLES MANKTechnical Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE RODRICKSergeant · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 16
- JOHNNIE LAMAR DOUGLASSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 17
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 19
- RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTHSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 21
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.