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JAMES CRAFT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – November 16, 1968
Service recordJames Craft, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 73
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
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 73
- MANUEL DELUNA JRCorporal · November 16, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- RUSSELL ADDISON HODGESpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.