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CRAIG WARD HAINES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 9, 1946 – February 17, 1970
Service recordCraig Ward Haines, of Keyser, West Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 17, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Keyser, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 23
- THOMAS HALL FREASIERSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- JAMES BERNARD L GORDON JRSergeant First Class · February 17, 1970
- BRUCE GREGORY GREENEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL HONANPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
From Keyser
- SAMUEL GILMORE UMSTOT JRCaptain · September 12, 1968
- WENDELL LEE BROWNCaptain · April 29, 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.