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HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – May 19, 1966
Service recordHarry Elias Crissey JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 85
- JOSEPH D PELLEGRINOSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1966
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- EMMET LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 85
- EMMET LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 85
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 86
- IRVIN DALE KNIPPELBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- GREGORY BERNARD NORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 87
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 88
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 88
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.