Name: CW2 Craig James Fox (posthumously promoted)
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/05/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 20.6
Date of Birth: 10/05/1949
Home City: Seattle, WA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 116 AHC
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 69-19
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 11W-101
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 64-14189
Service number: W3166235
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 07/14/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: *
Location: Binh Long Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: ACACIA MEMORIAL PARK, LAKE FOREST PARK, WA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 09/07/1996
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