Timeline
Birth- 3 Mar 1918
Hopkins County, KY
Military Service
Length of Service
25 years
Enlistment
31 Mar 1942
Rank
Colonel
Decorations
Silver Star
Branch (1)
United States Army Air Forces
Branch (2)
United States Air Force
Conflicts (2)
Korea
Aircraft
T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer
Age at Loss
50 years old
Aircraft (WWII)
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber
Conflicts (1)
World War II
Conflicts (3)
Vietnam
Base
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, WA
Served For
United States of America
Casualty- 15 Apr 1968
Apr 1968
Death- 15 Apr 1968
Non-Hostile Casualty; Air Loss - Land Crash
Mount Rainier, WA
Burial- 7 Dec 2005
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Other Facts
Social Security
Social Security Number
***-**-9630
Full Name
Wilfred Crutchfield
Full Name
Winfred Benjamin Crutchfield
Also known as
Crutch
Occupation
Air Force pilot
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Gender
Male