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JAMES PERRY CRYSTER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordJames Perry Cryster III, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 94
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW CRABTREEMajor · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD DOUGLAS JRCorporal · November 14, 1967
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 93
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 97
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 98
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.