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FRANK WARREN CROSS
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
June 25, 1932 – September 15, 1968
Service recordFrank Warren Cross, of Ft Belvoir, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 62
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Belvoir, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 62
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GABRIELSENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 64
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From Ft Belvoir
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- FRED VINCENT COLELieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1970
- MELVIN WAYNE FINCHCaptain · March 30, 1972
- JOHN WADSWORT CONSOLVO JRCaptain · May 7, 1972
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.