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WILLIAM THOMAS CRAIG JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – March 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Craig JR, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 73
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 73
- WALTER ANDREW CARPENTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1969
- LEONARD ROGER CATONSecond Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN DEES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 8, 1969
- DAVID HENRY DEFORGEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 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.