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LAWRENCE JOE CRAWFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – May 25, 1970
Service recordLawrence Joe Crawford, of Joy, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Joy, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 96
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- RIOS PABLO G P DELOS JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- GARVIN WAYNE DILLSergeant · May 25, 1970
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
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.