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CHARLES HUGH CRAWFORD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 11, 1940 – May 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Hugh Crawford, of Batavia, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Batavia, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 10
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
From Batavia
- ROBERT DOUGLAS WADDELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ANDREW MARTIN HAGLAGEFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT MARTINAirman First Class · December 24, 1969
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.