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EUGENE CROSSLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordEugene Crossley, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 61
- ALEXANDER AUDREY AMESSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- THOMAS MARTIN BEHRENSSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
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.