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DICKEY CRAIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – October 19, 1970
Service recordDickey Craig, of Madison, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Indiana (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 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 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 9
- CLEATIS LYNN BURGESSCorporal · October 19, 1970
- DONALD ERNEST FISCHERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK ZACHARZUKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 10
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 11
From Madison
- BARRY LANE RIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · May 22, 1968
- CECIL HOWARD HUMPHREY JRCorporal · May 31, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BROWNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- DONALD RUSSELL HOSKINSTechnical Sergeant · April 26, 1972
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.