Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

1. Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.) Marker

Inscription. Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Military Aviation
Walk of Honor
Proudly Recognizes
Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.)
1933 — Colonel Bruce Crandall served two tours in Vietnam as a Army helicopter pilot, leading over 900 combat operations as commanding officer of his units, including the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, during which he saved more than 70 wounded soldiers and provided ammunition critical to the survival of 450 U.S. ground troops. For his gallantry he received the Medal of Honor. E retired from the Army in 1977 as a Lieutenant Colonel, later promoted full Colonel. In 2001 Crandall was an aviation consultant on the movie “We Were Soldiers” about the Ia Drang Valley battle in which he participated. February 2013

Erected 2013.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam. A significant historical month for this entry is February 2013.

Location. 33° 27.154′ N, 111° 44.123′ W. Memorial is in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is at the intersection of N. Greenfield Road and E. McKellips Road, on the right when traveling north on N. Greenfield Road. Located at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Falcon Field Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2017 N Greenfield Road, Mesa AZ 85215, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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Regionally, this memorial is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert,

in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area,

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: MGen Barry Morris Goldwater, USAFR (here, next to this marker); 1st Lieutenant Ralph Ambrose O’Neill (here, next to this marker); Dr. S. Harry Robertson III (here, next to this marker); Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret) (here, next to this marker); Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF) (here, next to this marker); General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.) (here, next to this marker); Barrett Tillman (here, next to this marker); Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mesa.

Also see . . .
1. Commemorative Air Force Museum. (Submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Bruce P. Crandall on Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

2. Colonel Bruce Perry Crandall U.S. Army (Ret.) Marker

Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

3. Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 606 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.