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HAROLD GLEN CRAFT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – May 2, 1970
Service recordHarold Glen Craft, of Stockbridge, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Stockbridge, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 83
- JOHN PAUL BECKERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- DANIEL COPE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 85
- LEO JOHN LUDVIGSEN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 86
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 89
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.