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JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – October 6, 1967
Service recordJohnny Ray Crawford, of Alexandria, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 57
- DAVID BRANTLEY ALTMANSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- GABRIEL BACAPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- DANNY DALE BURKHEADSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 58
- CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 61
From Alexandria
- GLENN EUGENE ANKRUMCommander · January 31, 1968
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS MICHEAL HIDAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 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.