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ARTHUR BLAKE CREWS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 16, 1945 – September 24, 1968
Service recordArthur Blake Crews, of Barnesville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Barnesville, Georgia (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
From Barnesville
- EDDIE MORRIS MANNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- SAMMY BUFFINGTONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- CARLTON HARVEY HOODLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- MILTON JACKSON BUSHSergeant · May 18, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.