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DONALD DWIGHT CRAW JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 24, 1943 – September 26, 1970
Service recordDonald Dwight Craw JR, of Torrance, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 92
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Officer (4823)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970. In September 1970, 364 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 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 92
- FREDERICK PHILLIP BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- JOHN FRANCIS BUESCHERSergeant · September 26, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · September 26, 1970
- JOHN RAY HELMSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN R BOSTICK IVCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 91
- THOMAS SIMON MALMAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 93
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.