James David Craft
Corporal
G CO, 2ND BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Anniston, Alabama
November 20, 1945 to April 19, 1968
JAMES D CRAFT is on the Wall at Panel 50E, Line 45

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06 June 2005

Corporal Jim Craft was a Marine to his dying moment. He died of his wound at Bridge 28, 8 kilometers out of Ca Lu, RVN. His sacrifice and the deaths of his fellow Marines that day contributed to stopping two divisions of NVA and their Chinese advisors from occupying the abandoned firebase of Khe Sahn and developing an anti-aircraft missile base there. His last thoughts were of his family.

Tim Hermsen
Sergeant, USMC 66-69
htd040@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Eight Marines from Golf 2/9 died at Bridge 28 on 19 April 1968:
  • Cpl James D. Craft, Anniston, AL
  • Cpl Lawrence J. Snyder, Rochester, PA
  • LCpl Tomas Gonzales, Beeville, TX
  • LCpl William P. York, Liberty, NC
  • Pfc Lee C. Adams, Milwaukee, WI
  • Pfc Michael J. Caporale, South Hackensack, NJ
  • Pfc Andrew J. Payne, Glendale, CA
  • Pfc Lewis J. Young, La Puente, CA

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