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JAMES ALLEN CROWLEY II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1945 – October 16, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Crowley II, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 66
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN DILLARDSpecialist Four · October 16, 1968
- GEORGE BARKER HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.