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CURTIS RAY CRUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1948 – December 1, 1968
Service recordCurtis Ray Crum, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 16
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- ERVIN PRESTON CANOY JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- FREDERICK LOUIS GRUBERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 16
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 19
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
From Ironton
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1972
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.