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TERRY LYNN CRUTCHER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 3, 1948 – June 24, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Crutcher, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 6
- DONALD LEVER BRICKLESergeant · June 24, 1969
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- ALFRED DESIMONEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
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.