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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Craig III.

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DAVID CRAIG III

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

May 15, 1939 – February 7, 1965

Service record

David Craig III, of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 84

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
Born
May 15, 1939
Home of record
Pitcairn, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 7, 1965
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Pitcairn

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.