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LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1945 – September 24, 1967
Service recordLawrence Bernard Crawford, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 5
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 5
- WILLIAM DAVID CASSSergeant · September 24, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- ONEAL DUNMORESpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- RONALD OLIN MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BURNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 4
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 7
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.