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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Specialist Four Wayne Shelby Craig
Additional Description: B Co., 1st Bn, 46th Infantry, Americal Div., USARV, United States Army.

July 27, 1949 to May 30, 1971

Wayne lived in Albemarle County and attended Albemarle High School. A high school friend, Larry Claytor, remembered him from Albemarle High School and living in the Greenwood area. Wayne left high school in 1967 and joined the army. He married Linda Robertson on December 24, 1970. He had one brother, Jacob, and three sisters, Betty Sue, Ruth (Kirby) and Mary (Thacker). He was killed in Quang Nam Province South Vietnam on May 30, 1971 while on a military mission when a grenade detonated.

Wayne was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Afton, VA.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380301
File Size: 0.649 Megabytes

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