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JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1945 – May 27, 1970
Service recordJoseph William Crary, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 108
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 108
- DAVID JOHN COMBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
- GARY CLIFTON EATONSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIE EDWARD ELSENBURGSpecialist Six · May 27, 1970
- CHARLES GRADY FLOYDPrivate First Class · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 109
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 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.