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ELLIOTT CROOK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – May 16, 1971
Service recordElliott Crook, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 26
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 16, 1971
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 26
- CRAIG LEE FARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 16, 1971
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · May 16, 1971
- RAYMOND M DAUBENDIEKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1972
- RICHARD HAROLD HAGMANCaptain · May 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 37
- THOMAS KUKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 38
- CRAIG LEE FARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 26
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 27
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.