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BRET FLETCHER CRANDALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordBret Fletcher Crandall, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 89
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 89
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- ARTHUR MILTON BRADBERRYSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · March 30, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER L DELLAPINACorporal · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 91
- LAWSON DWIGHT NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 93
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.