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TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – June 10, 1968
Service recordTerry Wayne Crutchfield, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 18
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DALE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 17
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 18
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · Panel 58W, Line 19
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.