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EDWARD LEE CRAIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordEdward Lee Craig, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 88
- JAMES BRENT BROWNSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- JAMES CONRAD CARMANPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- CHESTER CALVIN CARRICO JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAMFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1970
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.