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JAMES HERBERT CRAIG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 11, 1949 – May 23, 1970
Service recordJames Herbert Craig, of Walnut Shade, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Walnut Shade, Missouri (Taney County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 84
- GEORGE FRANCIS FELL JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN FRANTASergeant · May 23, 1970
- ELLIS DAVID GREENECaptain · May 23, 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.