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EVANS BLANE CROCKER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordEvans Blane Crocker JR, of Orange, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 4
- LOUIS GEORGE COHENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- ROY ROBERT CRAMLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 3
- JOHN EDMON HAWTHORNSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 8
- EDWARD LOUIS MUNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 13
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 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.