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ALBERT B CROUCH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – May 18, 1970
Service recordAlbert B Crouch, of Numa, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Numa, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 60
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · May 18, 1970
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.