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TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEAD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1942 – August 2, 1966
Service recordTerry Dean Craighead, of Fulton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Fulton, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 95
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 102
From Fulton
- ELWOOD RANDALL HENDRIXFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1967
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- ORVILLE ALLAN SHEETSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · May 19, 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.