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JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1945 – August 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Crikelair, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 101
- ROY LEE FELTYSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · August 6, 1969
- ARTHUR GRASSERStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HASHIN JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 102
From Ridgewood
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
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.