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EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – January 26, 1968
Service recordEdward Joseph Craig, of Willingboro, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Willingboro, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 37
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER CURTINPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAMS FOLEYSpecialist Four · January 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE REIDHospitalman · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER CURTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 37
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 40
- MAXIE LANE PRICESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 41
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 42
- ROBERT WILLIE TANKSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 42
From Willingboro
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ALFRED SEVENSKIPrivate · November 5, 1966
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN KARL TOOKELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
- BERNHARD M CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
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.