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JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – March 24, 1970
Service recordJames Eugene Crawford, of Pocahontas, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Pocahontas, Arkansas (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 38
- FRANK WILLIAM DAWSONLance Corporal · March 24, 1970
- CARRIS MICHAEL FRANCISCorporal · March 24, 1970
- BERMAN GANOE JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
- GUADALUPE GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
From Pocahontas
- LONNIE JOE CRISMONHospitalman · March 9, 1968
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · June 13, 1968
- CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMIDTLance Corporal · August 25, 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.