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THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordThomas William Cranford, of Redding, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · 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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 18
- JAMES VINCENT ANTOLINISergeant · May 9, 1968
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH NICK DAMBRASpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 14
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 16
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 28
- RAMON RODRIGUEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 31
- LEO FRANKLIN RUPERTSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 32
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSENDSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 34
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 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.