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DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – May 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Rockwell Crocker JR, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 29
- ROBERT WARREN ANDREWS JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE DEMILIOPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- JAMES RONALD FIELDSSergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP LESLEY MACLEODSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 33
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.