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JAMES DAVID CRAWFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1949 – June 12, 1970
Service recordJames David Crawford, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 47
- DAVID LEE EXPrivate First Class · June 12, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR GLADDEN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 12, 1970
- EDWARD LUCAS JAMES IISergeant · June 12, 1970
- STEPHEN EDWARD KRAJESKISergeant · June 12, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.