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HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordHarold Jerome Crawford, of Thomson, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 19
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Thomson, Georgia (Mcduffie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 19
- PAUL CORR JRSergeant · June 11, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILLIP DAWSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Thomson
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CASEColonel · May 31, 1966
- FRED D HARTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- ROBERT RANDOLPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD MACKLance Corporal · June 10, 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.