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GRAYSON CRAFT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – December 17, 1968
Service recordGrayson Craft, of Magee, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Magee, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 36
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · December 17, 1968
- HERMAN LEE MCCLAMBPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
From Magee
- WILLIAM DAVIS MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- ELY GRANTHAM JRMaster Sergeant · April 22, 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.