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STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordStephen Earl Crawford, of Portsmouth, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 8
- VINCENT SAMSON COLESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- GERALD JOSEPH CROSSON JRMajor · May 16, 1968
- CLIFTON CUBBAGEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- DARRELL JAMES DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 11
- ANUND C ROARKSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
- ALBERT W ROMINESergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
- JOHN ROTONNELLISpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 18
From Portsmouth
- GLEN THOMAS HOBBSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GARY NOLAN SHYFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL HOWERTONCorporal · February 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.