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ROBERT VICTOR CRAIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1931 – March 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Victor Crain, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 83
- STEVEN RICHARD WITHERSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- DONNIE RAY BEASLEYSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · February 23, 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.