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MICHAEL CROWDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – January 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Crowder, of Carthage, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 37
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Carthage, Arkansas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 37
- STEVEN ARTHUR WESSELPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ELSTENMajor · January 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DAN FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 38
- LEO ALLEN GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 38
- KENNETH ALLEN MASONCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 39
- RAYMOND LEE SIPPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 40
From Carthage
- LINUS LABIN OAKLEYSergeant · October 29, 1971
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.