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STEEVE ALEXANDER CRAWSHAW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – May 6, 1969
Service recordSteeve Alexander Crawshaw, of Williamstown, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Williamstown, Kansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 10
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- GEORGE LAFAYETTE COODYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- IRENARDO FELIX PADRONCaptain · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 10
- ODIE C MCMURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 13
- MARVIN REED PAINTERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 13
From Williamstown
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · February 14, 1966
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.