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STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 21, 1950 – April 13, 1970
Service recordStanley Wendel Crawford, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 130
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 130
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · April 13, 1970
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · April 13, 1970
- CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDTSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 131
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 132
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.