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DARYL WAYNE CRUM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1941 – March 18, 1968
Service recordDaryl Wayne Crum, of Garden Grove, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 19
- WILLIAM EARL COFRANSergeant · March 18, 1968
- PAUL ALLAN CONNERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MONTE RAY COOLEYCorporal · March 18, 1968
- CECIL LEROY DAVISSergeant · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 17
- EDWARD ALLEN DEVORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 20
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.