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BILLY MAX CRAWFORD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1929 – November 6, 1966
Service recordBilly Max Crawford, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1929
- Home of record
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 32
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BARNESStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- THOMAS JOHN KLEMPSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 34
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
From New Smyrna Beach
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · March 22, 1966
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEUERLINGSergeant · July 10, 1967
- WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
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.