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EDWARD TAUL CROOKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1932 – August 3, 1966
Service recordEdward Taul Crooks, of Mt Sterling, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 7 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Mt Sterling, Kentucky (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 102
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- LARRY ELZA VAN CLINTONCorporal · August 3, 1966
- HENRY LEE CRAMERSergeant · August 3, 1966
From Mt Sterling
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD COREYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · April 28, 1968
- GARY AUSTIN DORESpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- TOMMY R NEALISSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.