Craig Lewis Smith

Craig Lewis Smith was born in Waterloo and later moved to Cedar Rapids with his family. He attended both Waterloo and Cedar Rapids schools. Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 1965 and started his tour in Vietnam on December 13, 1966. CPL Smith served as a crew chief for a helicopter unit. On July 3, 1968 CPL Smith died as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds he suffered when the Marble Mountain Air Facility in Quang Nam was attacked by enemy rockets. His body was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. He was 20 years old at the time of his death.