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JOHN PAUL CRANDALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1944 – March 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Crandall, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 1
- PAUL CLAUDE CHARVETLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- TIMOTHY EASLEYPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JACK EATONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLOR MARRERO-BAEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 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.