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ROBERT ANDREW CRABTREE
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1934 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Andrew Crabtree, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 94
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD DOUGLAS JRCorporal · November 14, 1967
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · November 14, 1967
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.