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THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 2, 1946 – February 4, 1968
Service recordThomas James Craghead JR, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Phong 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 37E, Line 20
- EARL THOMAS CLASSENPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- ANDREW LEE DAWSONSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JOHNNIE LEE DOUGLASPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
From Covington
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.