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DENNIS MARTIN CRAVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – April 26, 1971
Service recordDennis Martin Craver, of Centerville, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Centerville, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 13
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · April 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 13
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 13
From Centerville
- RICHARD EARLE DONAHUECommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES DERWIN COHRONSergeant First Class · January 12, 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.