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JAMES WALTER CRIDER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 31, 1930 – June 24, 1970
Service recordJames Walter Crider, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 24, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 88
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 31, 1930
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 9W, Line 88
- MICHAEL LEE CONKLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- JAMES BEN HICKSSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.