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KEVIN ROBERT CROWE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordKevin Robert Crowe, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 71
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 71
- GERALD BERNARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE CRISPFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 69
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM HORANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 77
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.