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ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – October 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Dean Crawford, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 60
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.