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JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1933 – February 12, 1967
Service recordJoseph Dewey Crain JR, of Terry, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Terry, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLERLieutenant Colonel · February 12, 1967
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 19
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 21
- ROBERT LEON KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 21
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 21
- HARMON JULIOUS PIGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
- GERALD RICCICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 22
- EDDIE JAMES SCOTTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 22
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 23
From Terry
- ROBERT GLYNN QUICKSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 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.