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WAYNE SHELBY CRAIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – May 30, 1971
Service recordWayne Shelby Craig, of Afton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 58
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Afton, Virginia (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 58
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
- STEPHEN GEORGE DAVIESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1971
- JOSEPH EDWARD SWEENEYCorporal · May 29, 1971
- JOSE MARIA R ARREDONDOPrivate First Class · May 30, 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.