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FREDERICK WILLARD CROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – August 19, 1970
Service recordFrederick Willard Cross, of Reston, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 124
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Reston, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 124
- FRANK ROCCO FRATELLENICOCorporal · August 19, 1970
- EVELIO ALFRED GOMEZPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
- TERENCE MICHAEL KJOSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
- DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLDAirman First Class · August 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 123
From Reston
- ALLEN GORDON SCURLOCKFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
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.