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ROGER GENE CRAIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – May 3, 1970
Service recordRoger Gene Craig, of Clear Fork, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Clear Fork, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 90
- CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILLCaptain · May 3, 1970
- LAWRENCE YERGES CONAWAYLieutenant Colonel · May 3, 1970
- OSCAR ALFRED DAYChief Petty Officer · May 3, 1970
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 90
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- THOMAS TIMOTHY SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 11W, Line 93
- KENNETH BEN THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 93
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.