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RAYMOND H CRULL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1950 – March 26, 1970
Service recordRaymond H Crull, of Marshall, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Marshall, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 45
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSLance Corporal · March 26, 1970
- JOHN PAUL DIDIER JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RICHARD GENE ELZINGAMajor · March 26, 1970
- JOE ALEXANDER ESCANDONSergeant · March 26, 1970
From Marshall
- ROBERT GRANTHAN LAPHAMMajor · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMPPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GALE LYNN BARNESPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
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.