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ARIEL LINDLEY CROSS
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1944 – July 17, 1968
Service recordAriel Lindley Cross, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmaq/Ea-6a (I) (7542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 17, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 41
- JACK EDWIN BURTONLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- ISAAC NATHANIEL CLARKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- WILLIAM F REILLY IIISecond Lieutenant · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL PARRA JRMajor · Panel 52W, Line 45
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.