Brown Atkin Craig
Rank: Captain
Branch: Army
UT Major/Affiliation: 1941
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
- Left UT during Junior Year in 1941 and enlisted as a private
- June 5, 1920 – Nov. 4, 1944
- Commissioned after training, eight months later, to the rank of captain
- Deployed as an officer of Company C, 415th Infantry Regiment of the 104th Division
- Killed by a German Sniper in Holland on November 4, 1944, while the 104th Division was pushing the German retreat after crossing the Mark River
- Buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, TN
- Donation of specimen collection by the family to UT’s museum collections through McClung.
Brown Atkin Craig (June 5, 1920 – Nov. 4, 1944) was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. Craig attended the University of Tennessee until 1941, when he volunteered in the United States Army during his junior year. Despite entering as a private, Craig’s stellar performance caused him to be quickly commissioned as a Captain after his training and before he was sent to serve in the European Theater. Captain Craig was deployed as the officer of Company C of the 415th Infantry Regiment in the 104th Division. He landed in Western Europe with the division in the summer of 1944, where they were assigned as part of the joint Anglo-American efforts on the Belgian-Dutch Border. After crossing the Mark River at the beginning of the month. Captain Craig was killed by an enemy sniper in Holland on November 4, 1944, as the 104th was approaching Zevenbergen. Captain Craig is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee. The University of Tennessee also holds a specimen collection of marine life that was donated by his family in his honor, which is housed through the McClung Museum.
