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JOHN DIVINE CREWS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1942 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Divine Crews JR, of Morristown, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Morristown, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 11
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- ALBERT ELMORE COOKStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DILLONLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 10
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 11
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 61W, Line 19
From Morristown
- LOUIS GENE PETRONE JRLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE TUFTSCorporal · June 14, 1969
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.