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GARY RAYMOND CRAIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordGary Raymond Craig, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 4
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 4
- HARVEY LYNN COOLEYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 15
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.