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DAVID MICHAEL CRONIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1944 – June 11, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Cronin, of Carbondale, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 23
- MICHAEL BARDCorporal · June 11, 1968
- DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLADSTON CALLWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 22
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 24
- THOMAS HUBERT JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 26
From Carbondale
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · July 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.