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CRAIG THOMAS MARRINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1949 – October 20, 1969
Service recordCraig Thomas Marrington, of Gillette, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 97
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Gillette, Wyoming (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 97
- BENNY CHARLES JACKSONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS WALTER KIPPPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID LEARPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
From Gillette
- ROBERT RICHARD ROGERSLance Corporal · September 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.