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DONALD JACK CROCKER
Major · U.S. Army
January 20, 1937 – July 15, 1967
Service recordDonald Jack Crocker, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 74
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 74
- ROBIN BERN CASSELLLieutenant (junior grade) · July 15, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT AUGUST HERRITZMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 76
- DONALD PASKOWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 77
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.