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CRAIG STEVEN METTLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – March 13, 1969
Service recordCraig Steven Mettling, of Harris, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Harris, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 31
- ALVIN LEROY LOWERYCorporal · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS ORRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOTSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS WYATT BICESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 27
From Harris
- RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROMSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.