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WILLIAM HENRY CRISP
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 7, 1928 – December 20, 1965
Service recordWilliam Henry Crisp, of Fitzhugh, Oklahoma, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Fitzhugh, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1965; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 31
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
- RICHARD FINISA MOODYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- MARVIN LEROY SHIPMANPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- DONALD CLAYTON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 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.