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DONALD RAY CRAVEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1942 – September 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Craven, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 35
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- EUGENE RUSSELL BOYCEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- BRUCE WADLEIGH BROWNFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY BUTLERCorporal · September 12, 1968
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
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.