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JOHN EDWARD CROWLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1949 – August 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Crowley, of Williamson, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Williamson, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 99
- HERMAN VICTOR STURM JRSergeant · August 9, 1970
- NEAL VINCENT BAINTERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEYSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIOPrivate · August 10, 1970
From Williamson
- FREDERICK CARL WEBBERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- FRANK KRECLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MALONELance Corporal · March 20, 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.