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PHILIP CHARLES CRAIG
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1940 – July 4, 1967
Service recordPhilip Charles Craig, of Oneida, New York, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on July 4, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- July 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Oneida, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 4, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 1
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- CECIL F DIXONSpecialist Five · July 4, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS FEE JRHospitalman · July 4, 1967
From Oneida
- GEORGE HAROLD NORTONCaptain · August 13, 1965
- PHILLIP WILLARD LESLIELance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY PORTERSergeant · June 2, 1970
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.