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WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – February 12, 1969
Service recordWalter Norman Crawford, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 19
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- VINCENT COLASUONNOMajor · February 12, 1969
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 18
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 19
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 20
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.