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GEORGE RONALD CRABTREE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 22, 1949 – April 3, 1970
Service recordGeorge Ronald Crabtree, of Jamestown, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 3, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 88
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Tennessee (Fentress County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 88
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 1970
- SAMUEL FIELDS JRSpecialist Five · April 3, 1970
- NICHOLAS LEWIS GARDELISPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
- GERALD LEE GRIFFIN JRStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
From Jamestown
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS OWENSSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WILLIAM OREL VAUGHNCorporal · December 30, 1969
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.