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DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – June 4, 1966
Service recordDenton Winslow Crocker JR, of Saratoga Springs, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Saratoga Springs, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 6
- PHILIP KENNETH DORNLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
From Saratoga Springs
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- PETER FRANCIS FONDASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
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.