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DONALD EVERETT CRONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1949 – February 15, 1971
Service recordDonald Everett Crone, of Whittier, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 106
- STEVEN GLENN ENGLANDSergeant · February 15, 1971
- BARRY FRANK FIVELSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 15, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM HOWELLSergeant · February 15, 1971
- ZEBULON MURPHY JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · Panel 5W, Line 104
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- JAMES PAUL COBBSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 105
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- WILLIS CALVIN CREARSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 105
- STEVEN GLENN ENGLANDSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- BARRY FRANK FIVELSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 106
- JOHN WILLIAM HOWELLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- ZEBULON MURPHY JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 106
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 107
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 107
- JOHN LYNN POWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 107
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 108
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 108
- JAMES LEROY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 108
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 109
- JAMES HARRY TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 109
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 110
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 110
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.