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WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1942 – November 27, 1965
Service recordWilliam Harold Crisman, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 115
- DENNIS LANE LONGSpecialist Four · November 26, 1965
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 115
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 115
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 116
- LESTER JOSEPH KERSTENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 116
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · Panel 3E, Line 116
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 116
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.