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HARRY LEE CRAIG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1948 – May 18, 1968
Service recordHarry Lee Craig, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 16
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 16
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- GARY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
From Arlington Heights
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- ROBERT ERLE BARDACHPetty Officer Second Class · October 14, 1967
- DANIEL RICHARD SCHUERENCaptain · February 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL DABBERTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
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.