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RALPH HEMAN CROWLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRalph Heman Crowley, of Remus, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Remus, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 113
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- ROBERT H SIGHOLTZ JRCaptain · May 26, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES TITMAS IIIPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
From Remus
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
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.