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RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRodney Allen Crandall, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 4
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 4
- HARVEY LYNN COOLEYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- GARY RAYMOND CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEE ALDRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 3
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 4
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 6
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 9
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 13
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 13
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 16
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.