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BYRON HUGH CROTWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 21, 1932 – January 13, 1966
Service recordByron Hugh Crotwell, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 68
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 21, 1932
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 68
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- BAXTER COLIDGE CARROLLPlatoon Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
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.