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JAMES OTIS CRABTREE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1945 – June 7, 1965
Service recordJames Otis Crabtree, of Bethany, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Bethany, Missouri (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 1
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- GARY DALE TRACYCorporal · June 6, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
From Bethany
- CHARLES CECIL DAVISPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
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.