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CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1950 – March 29, 1971
Service recordCrawford Henry Traver, of Montrose, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Montrose, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 93
- RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1971
- ANDREW RICHARD STEWARD JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- JAMES HARLEN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
- ALLEN EUGENE KINSMANSpecialist Four · March 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LELAND CLAYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 91
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 92
From Montrose
- LARRY ALLEN RICESpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- TERRANCE H SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
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.