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WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordWayne Stephens Crandall, of Farmingdale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 49
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Farmingdale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 49
- ROBERT ARTHUR CLARKSergeant · December 20, 1968
- VINCENT THOMAS DAIELLOSergeant · December 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS OVYLE DUKESpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN THOMAS CONNOLLYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 48
- RONALD ALAN JARVISPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 51
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 54
From Farmingdale
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · November 7, 1966
- DONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH DALYSpecialist Five · September 17, 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.