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JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 23, 1935 – April 23, 1968
Service recordJames Brannah Crockett, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 37
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Repair Technician, Rotary Wing Rated (671C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. 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.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 37
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JESSE JAMES COONSergeant · April 23, 1968
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 35
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 36
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 38
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 40
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 41
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · Panel 51E, Line 42
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.