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JOE EDWARD CRENSHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – December 7, 1970
Service recordJoe Edward Crenshaw, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 112
- OMER PRICE CARSONSergeant · December 7, 1970
- PAUL COLWELLChief Petty Officer · December 7, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM COXCorporal · December 7, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE LAFFERTYCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 113
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 113
- RICHARD LEON REEDSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 113
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.