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EDWARD DAVID CROW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordEdward David Crow, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 9
- RONALD EMERY CLARKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ERNEST KENO COTAPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1968
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN DAHLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES BECK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 8
- ROBERT RALPH HAMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 15
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 16
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 16
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.