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LOWELL LAVAIN CRAWFORD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1944 – April 2, 1969
Service recordLowell Lavain Crawford, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 MM BTY BLT 3 5 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 107
- HURLEY MILLARD BOYDPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWN JRSergeant · April 2, 1969
- THOMAS ROY GORRILLFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- PERCY LEE GULLEY JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.