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OLLIE EDWARD CRENSHAW JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – March 29, 1972
Service recordOllie Edward Crenshaw JR, of Gallatin, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 121
- LARRY BATTSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1972
- HENRY PAUL BRAUNERLieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1972
- JAMES KENNETH CANIFORDSenior Master Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- RICHARD CASTILLOLieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PRESTON SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 123
From Gallatin
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · January 8, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- GLENN STANFORD MILLERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- ERIC THOMAS DUFFERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
- RONALD DWIGHT PERRYCaptain · December 20, 1972
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.