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RONALD GENE MCCRAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Gene McCraw, of Lovington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lovington, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- 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 March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia 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 44E, Line 51
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- EUGENE NELSONFireman · March 14, 1968
- NICHOLAS PARASILITILance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- DUANE RINEHARDT PASSIGSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 53
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Lovington
- REYNALDO GUZMANLance Corporal · January 25, 1966
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · January 29, 1968
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 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.