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RODNEY LANE CRANE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – March 9, 1969
Service recordRodney Lane Crane, of Mcgill, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 86
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcgill, Nevada (White Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 86
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · March 9, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JRSergeant · March 9, 1969
- MILO DEAN CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MAX SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 96
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.