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WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Critchfield, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Maple Shade, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 71
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- GORDON THOMAS DALTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD NELSON EDDYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- JUDSON WAYNE EMMONSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD CASTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 70
- ROBERT MICHAEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 83
From Maple Shade
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSESpecialist Four · March 12, 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.