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JAMES ADOLPH CRAFT
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – March 1, 1969
Service recordJames Adolph Craft, of Hillman, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Hillman, Michigan (Montmorency County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 2
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- LOUIS AARON GEORGEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- JOHN BROWN GIBSON JRStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 99
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 3
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 4
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Hillman
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
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.