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EDWARD JOHN CROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – March 16, 1968
Service recordEdward John Cross, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 67
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- MARK ROBERT DZIEDZICPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 2
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.