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RODGER PINKNEY CROW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – August 30, 1970
Service recordRodger Pinkney Crow, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 24
- KEITH RICHARD DAVIESPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- ROBERT EARL DEWSergeant · August 30, 1970
- ANTONIO AMBROSIO GRAUSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- GARY KEITH MORESergeant · August 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 25
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 25
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
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.