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JOHN LAVERNE CRANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Laverne Crane, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 42
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- DONALD MICHAEL COOKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- WILLIAM LEIGH MICHELCaptain · October 27, 1968
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.