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JOSEPH RODNEY CRAFT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1948 – November 15, 1966
Service recordJoseph Rodney Craft, of Beech Bottom, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Beech Bottom, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 73
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JOSEPH ALEXANDER CROSSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JIMMY SHERMAN DAFFRONLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- WALTER EUGENE DANIELSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
From Beech Bottom
- JAMES LESTER ENNISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1972
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.