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CHARLES DOUGLAS CROWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1943 – July 16, 1966
Service recordCharles Douglas Crowe, of Finger, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 27
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
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Finger, Tennessee (Mcnairy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 27
- ROBERT RAY TELFERSergeant · July 15, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- NORMAN EDWARD DAWSON JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY DWIGHT HEASTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 28
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 29
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.