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JIMMY WAYNE CRISP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1946 – June 5, 1969
Service recordJimmy Wayne Crisp, of Menard, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 71
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Menard, Texas (Menard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “116 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 71
- GERALD BERNARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WAYNE HERRINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 74
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.