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JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – July 27, 1966
Service recordJames Larry McCrystal, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 9E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 ENG CO 173 ABN BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 81
- MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- BARRY LEE MOTTCorporal · July 27, 1966
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · July 27, 1966
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
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.