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DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1950 – February 23, 1971
Service recordDouglas Jay Crawford, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 132
- JAMES EUGENE BARTONSpecialist Five · February 23, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- RANDOLPH BURNS MCKELLIPSSergeant · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- RONALD JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 133
- JOSEPH BRENDAN HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 135
- VINCENT JOSEPH MEDJESKYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 135
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
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.