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ROBERT LOUIS CREWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Crews, of North Naples, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 7
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- North Naples, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 7
- JOHN HUNTER CREWS IIICaptain · May 22, 1968
- JOSEPH VERBERT CZAJKOWSKICorporal · May 22, 1968
- CARLOS A M DELA HOZPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- ALEJANDRO DIAZPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 5
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 8
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 10
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 13
- FRED HARRISON OSBURN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 1
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.