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WILLIAM RANDALL CRANE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – December 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Randall Crane, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- 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 December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 69
- SAMUEL HARRY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- RONALD JOHN BINKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
- RICHARD WELDON BOSWELL JRCorporal · December 18, 1969
- PATRICK MAURICE DILLONStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1969
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.