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HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordHenry Thurman McCrimmon, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 8
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · April 25, 1968
- ALBERT COOK MITCHELLColonel · April 25, 1968
- VICTOR ALLEN MOHRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 6
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 9
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 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.