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JACK VANN CRUMP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1943 – May 23, 1969
Service recordJack Vann Crump, of Sulligent, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Sulligent, Alabama (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 83
- RAYMOND LYN COLLIERFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT ARTHUR DOBBSStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- JOSEPH DENNIS FISCHERPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- HOWE KING CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
From Sulligent
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- JAMES MELVIN TRUELOVECorporal · April 8, 1969
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.