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CRAIG W HIRSCHI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1949 – September 15, 1970
Service recordCraig W Hirschi, of Rexburg, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 65
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Rexburg, Idaho (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 65
- BRADLEY LLOYD BOSWELLCorporal · September 15, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY GOOLSBY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1970
- DONALD LEE KAHRESergeant · September 15, 1970
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.