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GREGORY STEPHEN CRANDALL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – February 18, 1971
Service recordGregory Stephen Crandall, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 115
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 115
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
- WALTER EDWARD DEMSEY JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 114
- WALTER EDWARD DEMSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 116
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 117
- GERALD ERNEST WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 119
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.