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TERRY LEE CRAWFORD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – February 27, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Crawford, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 78
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 78
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- CRAIG NORMAN DEMICHELLELance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- ELROY MORRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
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.