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EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordEdgar Franklin Crouse JR, of Glen Allen, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 34
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Glen Allen, Virginia (Henrico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 34
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · July 20, 1970
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · July 20, 1970
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · July 20, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK JAMES WEBBWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 36
From Glen Allen
- CLARENCE RAY ANGUSPrivate · August 15, 1967
- ROBERT B STARKES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE NAPIERSergeant · November 3, 1969
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
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.