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WAIN PERRY CRAIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordWain Perry Craig, of Texas City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Texas City, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 71
- RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1970
- PRESTON LEE HALLSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- EVERETT DELOY HERRENCaptain · January 27, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR KRAMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
From Texas City
- CHARLES EDWARD HERRINGTONSergeant · November 15, 1965
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- RUFUS HOODPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 1970
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
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.