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ROBERT EDWARD CROWLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – August 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Crowley, of Ogden, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 17
- ROGER DALE BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN ESSIGSergeant · August 15, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.