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GORDON LEE CRAWFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1946 – February 1, 1971
Service recordGordon Lee Crawford, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 71
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- CLYDE WAYNE COBLESpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- JAMES CRAIG HARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1971
- LOREN DALLAS LEBEAUSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 71
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 72
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 72
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 73
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.