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CURTIS EUGENE CRAWFORD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordCurtis Eugene Crawford, of Dunkirk, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Dunkirk, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 115
- RICHARD ALLEN DEWANEPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RUSSELL W DICKENSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Dunkirk
- HARRY LEONARD KAUS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DAHL JAMES LAPORTESergeant · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM G FELLINGER JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT L SAMUELSONSergeant · April 7, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH ROSSOTTOCorporal · June 27, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM FREEMANSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.