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FREDERICK PETER CROSBY
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
June 15, 1933 – June 1, 1965
Service recordFrederick Peter Crosby, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VFP 63 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- June 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 129
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- HUGH MILLER ROBBINSMaster Sergeant · June 1, 1965
- DAVID MARION CHRISTIANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
From Orlando
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.