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ROBERT GARY CRICHTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1949 – July 17, 1970
Service recordRobert Gary Crichton, of Burlington, Wyoming, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wyoming (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 24
- JERRY MICHAEL WEAVERStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
- PETER PAUL AULETTIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- GREGORY KEITH KRUEGERSergeant · July 17, 1970
- GREGORY DEAN UNZICKERStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY DEAN UNZICKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 24
- CLIFFORD PAUL SCHOLL JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 26
- TERRY JOSEPH VANOCHTENCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 26
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.