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JAMES LEROY CRAGAR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1933 – October 22, 1965
Service recordJames Leroy Cragar, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 129
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 31
- 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 October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 129
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES BILKOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 129
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 130
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
- PHILLIP CARROL FOXPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1966
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.