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DENNIS LINN CRAVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1951 – February 27, 1971
Service recordDennis Linn Craver, of New Sharon, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- New Sharon, Iowa (Mahaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 9
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- ZBIGNIEW JOSEF DALENTACorporal · February 27, 1971
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 9
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 9
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.