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ROBERT BRENDEN CRANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – October 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Brenden Crane, of Addy, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Addy, Washington (Stevens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 73
- RICHARD JAMES BROWNSergeant · October 26, 1967
- EDWARD CLEMCorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHN OLIN COOPER IIIMajor · October 26, 1967
- ALEXANDER NICH DIGUARDIASpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL PETER KEE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 76
From Addy
- ROCKY WADE HANNAPrivate First Class · January 11, 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.