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LARRY EDWIN CROW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – October 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Edwin Crow, of Kirksville, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Kirksville, Missouri (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 66
- RONALD LAMAR CANNONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ALAN DAVIS GROOMSergeant · October 11, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
From Kirksville
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL HARPERSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1967
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.