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MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – August 26, 1969
Service recordMerlin Joseph Craig, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 118
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 118
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- WILHIMON GARDNERPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- RICHARD EDGAR GENESTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GORVETCorporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 117
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 119
- WILLIAM GLENN HOWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 119
- DONALD ERWIN NELSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 121
- MARSHALL EUGENE ROBERTSONSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 122
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 123
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.