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RELL CRIGGER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordRell Crigger JR, of Williamson, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamson, West Virginia (Mingo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 37
- LEROY BUDDY DANIELSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · February 2, 1969
- EDMOND Q WILSON JRSergeant · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RYAN RAMSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 36
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 39
- ASA MARTIN JRPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 41
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 42
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 42
From Williamson
- LAWRENCE BUFORD PRATERSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- RAYMOND HOWARD HIGHLEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE NULLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.