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ROBERT MITCHELL CRAIG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1930 – July 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Mitchell Craig, of Branchville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Branchville, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 118
- EDWARD BARDENCorporal · July 25, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES CROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 118
From Branchville
- GEORGE BENNIE DUKESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1968
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · August 17, 1969
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.