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CHARLES RAY CRIM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1938 – August 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Ray Crim, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1938
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 6
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- RONALD PETER SANTOROLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- MILAN ELLIOT TURNERLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LANE UMDENSTOCKLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LAVERN ELZINGACorporal · Panel 49W, Line 4
- FRANK A HARAHCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 4
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
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.