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GALE VERNON CRAWFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1945 – May 11, 1966
Service recordGale Vernon Crawford, of Rogersville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 47
- TOM LEW AUSTINLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR J BOWYERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- JAMES H VILLEPONTEAUX JRFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 48
From Rogersville
- ROY MAURICE BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
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.