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ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – March 1, 1969
Service recordArthur Allen Crosby JR, of Guilford, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 1
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Guilford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 1
- RAY RENE DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- LEONARD PETER DEINLEINLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ERIC THOMAS DUFFERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLEN MARVINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 5
- ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From Guilford
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 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.