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ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMP
Private · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordErskine Logan Crump, of Berkeley, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 37
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 37
- CLARENCE WILSON DUNBARSergeant First Class · February 15, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- BILL W GENTRYLance Corporal · February 15, 1969
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 37
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 37
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 38
- FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKICorporal · Panel 32W, Line 38
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 40
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 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.