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DUANE CRUM
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
October 30, 1932 – August 12, 1971
Service recordDuane Crum, of Altamont, Illinois, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 129
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
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Altamont, Illinois (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1971, 116 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 129
- GARY LEE HOLIANSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 12, 1971
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1971
- CHARLES D MCGONIGLESpecialist Four · December 19, 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.