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ALVIN EUCLID CROSS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 10, 1934 – April 17, 1970
Service recordAlvin Euclid Cross, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 16
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Personnel/Administrative Technician (711A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · April 17, 1970
- RAFAEL COLON-SANTOSSergeant · April 17, 1970
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.