Rank: Private First Class
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 12-Apr-1948
Hometown: Flint, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Mar-1968
Start of tour: 5-Sep-1968
Incident date: 27-Oct-1968
Date of casualty: 27-Oct-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
John La Verne Crane died from wound received while driver of military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Watertown Township Cemetery, Fostoria, Michigan, USA
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