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WILLIAM JOSEPH CRANE II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1951 – January 27, 1972
Service recordWilliam Joseph Crane II, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 101
- MARK ERWIN ALLENSpecialist Four · January 26, 1972
- EDWARD EUGENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
- PANORMITIS STAVLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.