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ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1944 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Stuart Cragin JR, of Schenectady, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 36
- ROBERT WILSON BROWN JRCaptain · February 26, 1968
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 38
- PHILLIP WARREN LUCASCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 40
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 40
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LINTON REEVESCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 43
- SHERWOOD REYNOLDSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES TARINPrivate · Panel 41E, Line 45
- TERRY LEE VINGESpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.