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JAMES J CRAWFORD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 6, 1941 – February 3, 1972
Service recordJames J Crawford, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 3, 1972, in Thailand, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 6, 1941
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 103
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
- GARY WILSON YORKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1972
- PAUL G BASTCaptain · February 1, 1972
- DALE BURTON MOILANENSergeant · February 1, 1972
- CHARLES H STONEMajor · February 2, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 104
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.