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PHILIP MATT CRANE II
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – June 26, 1968
Service recordPhilip Matt Crane II, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 2
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 2
- JOHNNIE CLAYTON CORNELIUSCaptain · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD COULTERSpecialist Four · June 26, 1968
- JOHN FONSECAPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 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.