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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl Leslie Crowley.

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CARL LESLIE CROWLEY

Private · U.S. Army

September 5, 1946 – November 4, 1969

Service record

Carl Leslie Crowley, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 28

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private (PVT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Welder (44C)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
September 5, 1946
Home of record
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 4, 1969
Age
23
Province
Sa Dec
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 28

From Milwaukee

All 204 names from Milwaukee →

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.