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FRANK EDWARD CRABBE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1946 – February 16, 1966
Service recordFrank Edward Crabbe served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 40
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1966
- ROSS JAMES PATERSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1966
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.