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JAMES LEWIS CRAIG JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 5, 1952 – October 16, 1972
Service recordJames Lewis Craig JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 5, 1952
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 82
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
- JAMES DOWEL DUGGER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1972
- ALLEN UPTON GRAHAMCaptain · October 17, 1972
- JAMES ALAN HOCKRIDGECaptain · October 17, 1972
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.