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EDWARD WALDREN CRUM
Major · U.S. Army
February 4, 1937 – February 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Waldren Crum, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (32163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Long An 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 37E, Line 53
- JAMES EVERETT CRAVEN IIIPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- GEORGE W CRUTHIRDPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JACK DECESARO JRCorporal · February 6, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES W LOLLISMajor · Panel 37E, Line 61
- CHARLES CLIFFORD MITCHEMStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 63
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
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.