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CROSLEY JAMES FITTON JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 28, 1933 – February 29, 1968
Service recordCrosley James Fitton JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 29, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 42E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 5
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP F GREENESpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JAMES CARL MCPHEARSONPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 4
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.