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JAMES LARRY CRAIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – January 7, 1971
Service recordJames Larry Craig, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 30
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 30
- STEPHEN ELDON BOOTSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · January 7, 1971
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- GORDON ALIDEAN FISHPrivate First Class · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GORDON ALIDEAN FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 30
- CHARLES MITCHELL PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 31
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.