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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Hover Craig JR.

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WILLIAM HOVER CRAIG JR

Captain · U.S. Army

October 2, 1936 – March 17, 1966

Service record

William Hover Craig JR, of Crystal River, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6E · Line 18

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
October 2, 1936
Home of record
Crystal River, Florida (Citrus County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 17, 1966
Age
29
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 6E, Line 18

From Crystal River

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.