Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd 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: 5-Oct-1945
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 7-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 31-Mar-1967
Incident date: 24-Sep-1967
Date of casualty: 24-Sep-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Lawrence Bernard Crawford died as a result of gunshot wound received when he was hit by hostile small arms fire while in forward reactionary force.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Lawrence Bernard Crawford
PFC Erral Dale Smallwood
SP4 Joe Minor Thomas
Location of fatality: Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Michigan, USA
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