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WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1939 – September 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Craft, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 9
- JAMES WILLIAM CHEEKLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- STEPHEN C CRABTREEPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 8
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 10
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 13
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 14
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE STEPHENSPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 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.