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GARY ALAN CRAVEN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1950 – September 3, 1970
Service recordGary Alan Craven, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 36
- LOUIS CARL DIFINIZIOSergeant · September 3, 1970
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
- GARY LYNN RUFFFireman · September 3, 1970
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.