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JAMES EDWARD CRAWFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1943 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Crawford, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 69
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- JEFFREY JAY DAVIDLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ANTHONY DICESARE JRCorporal · June 27, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BACHSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 67
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.