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CARL JOSEPH CREW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – March 24, 1969
Service recordCarl Joseph Crew, of Betterton, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Betterton, Maryland (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 24
- WILLIAM MAUD BRYANTSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
- DANNY VANN CASEYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- RONALD LEROY COKERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- JUAN ALONSO COVARRUBIASPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS ONCHIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 28
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.