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ELDON GENE CRUMLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – July 2, 1969
Service recordEldon Gene Crumley, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 44
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- BENNY HAROLD FERGUSONSergeant · July 2, 1969
- CALVIN JOE FEWLASSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 46
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.