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NEAL STEVEN CROWDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – March 13, 1971
Service recordNeal Steven Crowder, of Bourbon, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Bourbon, Missouri (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 43
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- MELVIN RAY CLEAVELANDPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- BARTON SHELDON CREEDLieutenant Commander · March 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 43
- WILLIAM JOHN HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 44
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 45
From Bourbon
- CARL EDWARD BOCKEWITZCaptain · February 28, 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.