Crawford High Graduates
Who Died In Vietnam
The Virtual Wall
Look up names and learn more about those on The Wall in Washington DC
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I'd like us all to remember these Crawford classmates
and friends lost in the Vietnam war -- Dan Burton '66
"There but for fortune go you and I." -- Phil Ochs
War drew us from our homeland in
the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetural springtime
FOREVER YOUNG and a part of them is
with us ALWAYS. - Author: Unknown
John Flinn
July 16, 1942 – July 2, 1969
Air Force Captain John Leroy Flinn was killed when his A-1 Skyraider aircraft was shot down during an attack at Muon Soui, Laos.
Douglas A-1H "Skyraider"
Class of 1964
John Marshall Callaham, Jr
December 2, 1945 - May 10, 1968
John was killed by hostile fire in Thua Thien Province. He was an Army Corporal in the Light Weapons Infantry. He is buried at Fort Rosecrans.
Rim Dungy was one of the “older” Colts of our neighborhood we younger kids looked up to. Most of us were 5-6 years younger. It was easy for us as young teenagers to see he was different than most of the other guys…he was always patient and looking out for us younger Colts to be. He will always be missed --Don Rogers ’69
Bob Prys
June 11, 1945 - May 29, 1967
He was in the Army and killed by hostile fire (“Booby
Trap Connected”) in Vietnam – Mary Gale Rodgers
Class of 1965
Meredith "Marty" Gabriel
June 14, 1947 – January 4, 1968
A 20-year-old Sergeant in the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division, Meredith died from hostile arms fire in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.
“'Gabe' was one of the finest young men I ever knew. He always had a smile and sparkling eyes. He bought a large movie camera from me before we shipped out to Nam and sent it home. Another medic named Kinnard (KIA) sold it to me. Gabe was one of the strong ones in our platoon. He gave support and encouragement to all of us. When I heard of his death I found a place I could be alone and cried. I miss him and the others so very much. Being a survivor is very lonely. Sometimes I want to go back and join my friends one last time. I have never forgotten them. They live still, in my heart and mind."
Benjamin Miles
“Marty and I had known each other since grade school. Upon graduation from high school I enlisted in the Marine Corps and lost touch with him. It came as quite a shock, therefore, when I learned that Marty was KIA in Vietnam. I was with Marine forces further north in I Corps (Chu Lai), and Marty was with the 101st Airborne down south. Marty, an Army medic, was rendering aid to a fallen soldier when he was shot and killed — that is consistent with the young man I knew and liked. As Benjamin Miles said: ‘Being a survivor is very lonely.’ I miss all of my friends who didn’t make it back. Semper Fidelis.”
Arnie Kravitz
April 3, 1947 - September 23, 1967
Arnie died in Thailand, serving his country as a member of the United States Air Force.
Class of 1966
James William Wright II
February 21, 1948 - May 5, 1968
Jim was killed by hostile fire in Quang Nam Province. He was a Marine, Private First Class, a Warehouse Clerk. He is buried at Fort Rosecrans.
I remember I saw James Wright's name and date of death on the list of those from San Diego killed in the Vietnam war -- Sally Marshall-Hyde
Class of 1967
Steve Bartman
(No photo in yearbook)
July 17, 1949 - January 8, 1969
Steve was a victim of a helicopter air casualty by hostile fire. He was an Army Specialist Fourth Class and is buried at Fort Rosecrans.
Steve was a friend and neighbor. A helicopter door-gunner, he was killed in his second tour of Vietnam -- Dan Burton '66
Michael Patrick Murphy
June 1, 1949 - May 24, 1970
Michael was killed in Vietnam during a rocket attack was an Army Specialist Fourth Class for the Light Weapons Infantry. He was killed by hostile fire in Kontum Province
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