35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC David Allen Crabtree    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Bravo Company
2nd Battalion
35th Infantry Regiment

Vietnam War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC David Allen Crabtree, who died in the service of his country on November 23rd, 1966 in Pleiku Province, Vietnam. The cause of death was listed as Misadventure (Possibly Friendly Fire). At the time of his death David was 21 years of age. He was from Jamestown, Tennessee. David is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 12E, Line 111.

The decorations earned by PFC David Allen Crabtree include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.


David is buried at Springs Chapel Cemetery, Bonner Springs, TN.

Incident at grid YA 602480, 4.2 MORTAR SHORT ROUND, SUPPORTING 1/14TH AT DRAGON CRATER FIGHT, 25 KM W OF NEW PLEI DJERENG AFLD