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CRAIG WILLIAM HANDLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – January 17, 1968
Service recordCraig William Handley, of Cape Vincent, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Cape Vincent, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 63
- DOUGLAS GARY JENSENPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- JIMMIE JOE JETTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL MEDINALance Corporal · January 17, 1968
- JOHN ORTIZStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1968
From Cape Vincent
- MICHAEL HAMMOND MEINSergeant First Class · October 9, 1968
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.