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JOSE CRESPO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1950 – February 28, 1969
Service recordJose Crespo, of Arverne, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 90
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Arverne, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 90
- ROBERT MERLE COOKSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · February 28, 1969
- LARRY BRENT CURTTRIGHTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL DONLANSergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 87
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · Panel 31W, Line 88
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 95
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · Panel 31W, Line 95
- JOE BEN STUART JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 96
From Arverne
- WILLIAM MORRISLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
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.